SuperSport United coach Gavin Hunt has provided an honest assessment of Kaizer Chiefs loanee Christian Saile, who scored against his parent club as Matsatsantsa walked away as 4-1 victors in a Betway Premiership clash on Tuesday.

The winger from the Democratic Republic of Congo joined the Tshwane outfit in a surprise move in the January transfer window as the Soweto giants were looking to stay within the foreign quota rules to rope in Glody Makabi Lilepo.

As part of the deal, Chiefs brought in striker Tashreeq Morris from SuperSport on a deal that will keep him at Naturena until June 2027. However, Hunt has since revealed that the Congolese forward was not part of their transfer plans.

“Christian was never in our thought process to bring him in, he just got thrown in my laps – ‘listen, Morris is going and we’re getting Saile,’. What am I going to do with him? I have to try and find out what am I going to do with him,” he said.

The Spartans mentor, who celebrated his 999th game in charge with the emphatic win, has made a worrying admission about Saile’s qualities despite acknowledging the player’s impact thus far. He also shed light on the nature of the deal to bring the player to Tshwane.

“He’s scored two or three goals now, but he’s a lot of work – there’s a lot of things we need to do with him. He’s not our player, I think he goes back [to Chiefs at the end of the season], I’m not sure, I’m not in the boardroom,” Hunt added.

While he admits the 25-year-old has to fit into the team’s style of play and off-the-ball duties, Hunt went on to suggest the player has a prominent role to play in his side, having featured six times since he joined the club.

“We have to learn how to play without the ball and those are the things that take time on the training ground, so a lot of off-the-ball stuff that has to do with it. But he can play anywhere across the front three, which gives us a bit of an outlet and we don’t have that,” continued the 60-year-old gaffer.

On another loanee Lebohang Maboe, Hunt is dismayed that a player of his caliber is deemed surplus to requirements at their cross-town rivals. “Lebo [Maboe] is on another level, that’s what Sundowns have got. I mean you bring a player like that, and he can’t make the team [starting XI],” he stated.

Furthermore, the four-time South African champion downplayed the significance of claiming a big win away at Chiefs in his milestone match, insisting that it was all about securing maximum points and moving up the table.

“It’s three points, we didn’t win a cup or anything. So, we have to get ourselves out of the difficult situation we are in, we haven’t done well in the league – we know that. But it’s not about a lack of effort, we are trying, the commitment is there,” Hunt asserted.

Despite the win, the Tshwane side remains in 12th place on the Betway Premierships standings with 20 points after 18 league outings. SuperSport will entertain Golden Arrows at Lucas Moripe Stadium on Sunday as they aim to maintain the momentum.