Gavin Hunt confirms Samir Nurkovic interest

The Serbian forward mutually terminated his contract with TS Galaxy on the eve of the Betway Premiership, despite scoring 10 goals in 29 matches in the only season he played for The Rockets.

Hunt, who worked with the forward at Kaizer Chiefs, confirmed his interest.

"He's a big option for us, obviously, if we can [afford him]. He's become available, but I'm not the bean counter, so it works differently," said Hunt.

"There is a hurry because we've got a game on Saturday, and we're struggling up front. We're playing midfield players there, so it is a problem for us.

"Hopefully we can do something between now and me getting on the phone again [to enquire about new players]."

With last season’s top goal scorer and veteran Bradley Grobler out injured, and their attack failing to pitch up in the 2-0 defeat to Mamelodi Sundowns, Hunt emphasised the need to add more options up front.

"Boss, you're looking at anything at the moment. The window closes tomorrow, so we obviously need to get one or two in, but there's one or two pending, which hopefully can be done between now and tomorrow," he added.

"You've got to play with what you've got available, so you must never go away from that. If you haven't got – we've got three big players out, then you have to play a bit differently.

"I thought we did extremely well [against Sundowns], barring one slip here and there, but I mean, I don't think – our goalkeeper made one save, but it was sort of routine stuff."

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