The centre-back signed a three-year contract last month after Chiefs concluded a deal with Petro de Luanda, in which Amakhosi reportedly spent around R3.5-million.

Speaking ahead of Chiefs’ opening Betway Premiership clash away to Marumo Gallants on Saturday, Miguel explained why he is at Naturena.

"Basically it's the project that Kaizer [Jr] talked to me [about] to make me view that, in the future, they want to make something bigger," said Miguel.

"I think I won everything at Petro de Luanda in the two years I stayed there, so personally I felt I needed a new challenge, and what better club than Kaizer Chiefs - the sleeping giant – to start something different again, and of course the future project made me move here."

The 28-year-old was then asked for his opinion on being part of a Chiefs side desperate to end a trophy drought that is now stretching to nearly a decade.

"We cannot focus on the past – if we do, maybe we will not do anything different now. Our focus has to go towards the future, and that's what made me move here," he reiterated.

"I understand that the club wants to do something different, they want to change, they want to make something that they haven't made in the past years, and that's the biggest reason I'm here.

"I want to try to help my teammates to do something different, and basically that was the main reason for me to move to Kaizer Chiefs."

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