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Alex Heredia believes that Ronwen Williams deserved a shout among the nominations for the 2025\/26 PSL Goalkeeper of the Season award.<\/p>\n

According to former South Africa goalkeeping coach Alex Heredia, Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Ronwen Williams carries enough weight to be among the contenders for the coveted individual accolade.<\/p>\n

Orlando Pirates’ Sipho Chaine, SuperSport United’s Ricardo Goss, and Kaizer Chiefs’ Brandon Petersen were recently named as the three contenders for the Goalkeeper of the Year award, with Heredia reserving strong opinions on William\u2019s snub.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know who is choosing the goalkeepers, but Ronwen currently is the best, and if we talk goalkeeping, his name should be there amongst the nominees,” Heredia said according to GOAL, as per Kick-off<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It’s ridiculous, Chaine deserve to be there. He should be in front of Petersen, who is not a regular.<\/p>\n

“Yes, he had five or three good games, but Chaine has been performing consistently for the past three years.<\/p>\n

“Goss is another national team goalkeeper but playing for a very weak team. His personal performance was consistently very good.<\/p>\n

“Then Ronwen should be third goalkeeper on that list. It’s strange how Ronwen’s name is not there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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