Orlando Pirates' sale of Thembinkosi Lorch to Mamelodi Sundowns questioned

With the arrival of Thembinkosi Lorch and Matias Esquivel, Mamelodi Sundowns would still have enough options to dominate on the domestic front minus their Bafana Bafana AFCON stars. Orlando Pirates have been criticised for potentially damaging their prospects of challenging Mamelodi Sundowns after the sale of Thembinkosi Lorch , but stats reveal otherwise.

At a time when Pirates are considered the closest team that can challenge Sundowns in the league, as they have already become cup specialists under Jose Riveiro, the club went on to transfer arguably their best player based on popularity, in the January transfer window. There is a group of the Buccaneers supporters who believe the club weakened their ability to compete with Masandawana and at the same time strengthened their rival with the sale of Lorch. However, looking back at some of the big name transfers from Pirates to Sundowns, there is no conclusive statistical evidence to suggest that one team can rise and the other fall through the influence of one player going from one direction to the othe

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