‘My time with Chiefs’

KICK OFF: You were at Bidvest Wits looking for first-team football and stability after leaving Kaizer Chiefs. What went through your mind when you were informed the club was sold?

Lorenzo Gordinho: It was difficult because I had just arrived at Wits. I got there in January 2020 and with the whole lockdown I only played three months of football for the club, and then it was sold. So, it was a bit difficult because I was thinking that I have this stability in my life for the duration of the contract and then it gets sold. But at the time I thought maybe it’s another opportunity to do something else and find another path in my career, and I was grateful that this opportunity [to join Viborg] came up in the midst of all the confusion in South Africa with the Wits being sold, players having to relocate, players not going [to Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila] and all of that. This opportunity came and I was very happy to take it.

You worked with Gavin Hunt at Wits during your brief stay. When you heard he was going to your former club Kaizer Chiefs, did you expect it to be a match made in heaven?

I really thought it was going to be a