The transfer with which Gigi Becali will give the super hit! “He’s better than Varela”

Siyabonga Ngezana (27 years old), integral player and scorer in the FCSB – UTA Arad 2-0 dispute, from the 8th stage of the Super League, is the transfer with which Gigi Becali will give a real blow in the near future, believe two former players from Steaua Bucharest .

The South African stopper, brought in July 2023 from his native country, from Kaizer Chiefs, for 600,000 euros, is on a continuous rise, and after the last update of the odds on a specialist website, he came to be valued at 1,600 .000 euros.

Marius Baciu and Basarab Panduru, impressed by Siyabonga Ngezana! Should the South African be the transfer with which Gigi Becali will give a new financial blow?

Siyabonga Ngezana, the reliable man in the center of the defense from FCSB, an undisputed starter at the start of this season, was integral in the red-blues’ match with UTA Arad from stage 8 of the Superliga.

Ngezana not only did excellent defensively, but also contributed to the level of the score indicated on the scoreboard. Only 16 minutes away from the starting whistle of the match on the “Arc de Triumf”, the South African defender had an extraordinary reflex to a free kick executed by Tavi Popescu and managed to deflect the ball decisively with his head into the net. The final score of the match was established in the 87th minute, when Alex Băluță scored from Daniel Popa’s pass.

But, returning to Ngezana, whose fee is 1,600,000 euros, according to Transfermarkt, the defender was praised after the match by two former players from Steaua Bucharest. Marius Baciu, who played in the red-blue shirt between 1996 and 2002, described Ngezana in superlative terms and even compared him to Fernando Varela, one of the most valuable foreign defenders in FCSB history and who was sold by Gigi Becali to PAOKin 2016, for 1,400,000 euros.

Ngezana is among the very good defenders. This boy seems to me more and more calm, more and more confident. It’s in a fantastic, beautiful progression. He still misses a pass, but I see something behind him from game to game. I think he is better than Varela. He has something more than Varela. I met Varela when I was second at Vaslui, a child with very good potential. And Varela and Szukala were two very good defenders, but this boy, what is he doing now, is by far the best in Romania. He had a beautiful growth of everything”, said Marius Baciu, at Great sports.

Basarab Panduru also praised Ngezana

The second former star who had nice words to say about Siyabonga Ngezana is Basarab Panduru. The latter played in the red and blue jersey from 1990 until 1995 and is currently a full-time TV analyst.

Panduru also noted the obvious evolution that Ngezana has registered during the last year:

Think about when he came. When he came, you laughed at him. You had the impression that he didn’t know anything, you wondered what he was doing here. In a very short time it went from 1 to 8, at this moment. He progressed. At first you thought he didn’t know football and you wondered what kind of player he is. Now you have no business. Does anyone pass him? Here in the championship, it’s hard for anyone to pass him. I’m not surprised at all if Ngezana leaves, but neither if Dawa leaves, as much as Dawa knows football,” added Basarab Panduru, according to the same source.

At the time he was transferred by FCSB, Ngezana was valued at 750,000 euros by specialist websites. In about 12 months, his share doubled.

Siyabonga Ngezana is also on the radar of the senior South African national team, for whom he has already made two appearances.