PSL top three well-stocked for the road ahead

New campaign promises to be a bumper season

- Kgomotso Mokoena

The Mzansi diski fraternity is in for a joyride and one hell of a bumper season with all the big three Mamelodi Sundowns, Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs flying the SA flag high in CAF interclub competitions.

With Sundowns having just wrapped up their participation in the Fifa Club World Cup in the US, the Buccaneers and Amakhosi have sailed to Spain and the Netherlands, respectively. They will undergo some intensive training and play a couple of decent friendly matches in Europe.

Chiefs and Pirates must be tired of playing bridesmaid to Sundowns, who won their eighth PSL league title in a row, their 15th overall in the PSL era. The two Soweto giants will want to regain their place at the top of the pile.

Pirates impressed last season, won the MTN8 and reached the semifinals of the CAF Champions League. They'll want to go a notch higher - you can see by the number and the kind of players they signed in the transfer market.