As per standard procedure ahead of a new season, loan players are generally expected to return to their parent clubs for assessment.
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It's likely this will be the same course of action for Orlando Pirates with left back Bongani Sam, who spent the previous campaign on loan at two clubs – the first half with Maritzburg United and the second at Swallows FC.
But it's while with the Dube Birds that the 25-year-old was able to find his feet again having arrived there in the mid-season transfer window in January, with coach Fadlu Davids not including him as part of his plan.
Davids, in fact, worked with Sam the year before at the Buccaneers before he left the club at the end of the season following a sixth place finish in the DStv Premiership and his contract coming to an end. Once he'd taken over from John Maduka at the Team of Choice shortly after the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the tactician moved the left-footed star on and Swallows were happy to pick him up and add the defender to their roster.
Sam featured in nine games to help the Soweto club avoid relegation in a difficult season that led to them changing coaches three times with Dylan Kerr, Ernst Middendorp and Musa Nyatama at the helm.
Pirates are understood to be keen on keeping the player on their books, but sources close to the situation have suggested he could leave again on loan.
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