Van Rooyen will come up against Stellies for the first time this season having left them to join Pirates at the beginning of the season.
Deano van Rooyen during the Orlando Pirates media day at Rand Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday. Picture: Alche Greeff/BackpagePix
Van Rooyen will come up against his former club for the first time this season having left them to join the Buccaneers at the beginning of the season.“It’s going to be a nice moment for me to play against my former team, but I’m here at Pirates now and as a club we must continue our journey of what I came here for. I came here to represent Orlando Pirates,” said Van Rooyen during a media open day at the Rand Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday.
The right-back has revealed that his cousin Dillan Solomons, who plays for rivals Kaizer Chiefs, has helped him settle in quicker in Johannesburg.“Obviously, he’s been here in Joburg for three years and he told me that I must just come here and do my job and focus on what I came here to do. We don’t see each other that often because of the rivalry , but we do chart now and then. I also tell him to focus where he is,” commented the former Stellies captain.
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