Kickoff (Cape Town)
12 January 2009
Thanda Royala Zulu skipper Bernard Parker is currently hoping that he will still be around at the weekend when his team plays Kaizer Chiefs in Durban on Sunday.
The Bafana Bafana international is set to join giants Red Star Belgrade in Serbia after impressing in the first round of the Absa Premiership.
Parker, leading scorer in the League with 10 goals, also went for trials at Malmo in Sweden along with Thanda winger Felix Obada some months ago.
Parker says he decided to play his football in Serbia because the League is a stepping stone for players to move to bigger teams.
"Red Star is a big team itself and the standard of football is good as it has in the past transferred players to bigger teams in Europe.
"I know there are players who have moved to Sporting Lisbon in Portugal and recently two players (ZoranTosic and Adem Ljajic) moved to Manchester United.
"I know I won't regret my decision as I will work my socks off there to get recognition," Parker told KickOff.com after Monday's light training session.
Reflecting on Thanda's first round performance, Parker said: "It was a good and exciting run. As a team we learnt from last season's mistakes and picked up nicely leading in towards the Christmas break.
"The coaches now know the strengths of all the players and I see a great future for the team. Personally, the past five months have been fantastic because I have managed to combine my form and performance.
"I absolutely have no regrets about what has happened for me so far."
The former SA U-23 and Benoni Premier United striker also expressed the wish that he would be around for the Kaizer Chiefs clash in Durban. He sat out Sunday's loss to Ajax Cape Town as a result of accumulating three yellow cards.
"I am looking forward to coming up against Chiefs should I be still around. As you know I kicked off my impressive form with that brace against them. It would be nice to say goodbye to them in style," Parker adds.
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