Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has suggested that Percy Tau takes a six-month break in order to fully recover after an injury-hit spell.
The Al Ahly forward suffered a knock to his knee in their 3-1 victory over Al Merrikh in which he opened the scoring but lasted only until half-time.
With six goals and two assists in 14 games since his arrival, his form has taken a hit due to not being able to hit consistency within the muscle injuries he’s suffered while on duty for club and country.
“It’s a problem, what I said, Percy is already eight months injured, maybe I’m exaggerating but it’s not a surprise. In June with the transfer to Ahly he didn’t train so much, he didn’t play so much,” he said on Monday.
“Then he played two games, Zimbabwe and Ghana, injury, then he started with Ahly, injury. So I think for Percy it will be good that he trains for six months and not play because the basic, his physical basic is not good.
“Every time he plays he’s overloaded and gets injuries, what we see with the players of Sundowns and Pirates because the program is so overloaded, they get injuries, this is something normal and this is what happened with Percy.
“His basic is not good, he’s playing too many games and doesn’t have the physical opportunities to do that and he’s falling from injury to injury.”
