The Warriors failed to qualify for the 2008 and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations editions, but the defender is confident that Musona, who shared the December/January Rookie of the Month award with Mamelodi Sundowns centre back Siyanda Xulu, is the right man to put the country back on the footballing map.
"Knowledge will be very important to the national team. Now that we have Knowledge we are going to qualify for Afcon. I think if they can partner him with Benjani (Mwaruwari) they are going to form a very deadly combination upfront. I hope it happens," Jambo said.
The striker, meanwhile, wants to emulate Zimbabwean legends Peter Ndlovu and Benjani.
"When I play I always give 100% and the coach (Vladimir Vermezovic) is more confident of me, that's why he is playing me," he said.
"Winning the rookie award is just the beginning. I can't say I have achieved something great and I'm going to work harder than what I'm doing now. I want to get to the highest level of professional football. I want to reach where Peter and Benjani and others reached. South Africa is a starting point for me. I was happy with my performance on my debut for the national team when we were beaten by South Africa, but I know there is more to come from me."
Vermezovic, though, is worried that the youngster has been exposed to the media too early in his career. "In the last months you can see it is not good for Musona to be in the newspapers. It is nothing against the media, but I have told him that if he reads newspapers then he has to read them when they talk good about him," said the coach.
"I'm satisfied with him, but he is not yet a real player. There is a lot of work in front of him, but he must not be focusing too much about what's written in the media."
But Musona feels his coach need not worry. "He told me about that (the press hype), but sometimes I don't read newspapers. It is people who tell me they read about me so normally I don't usually buy newspapers. I don't concentrate on newspapers."
