Sundowns prodigal son Rulani Mokwena returns to the club

Former Orlando Pirates interim coach Rulani Mokwena has returned to Mamelodi Sundowns, the club has confirmed in a statement.

The 33-year-old mentor spent the last three months at Chippa United. However, he left the Chilli Boys after he did not exercise his loan contract.

After having left the Chloorkop side back in 2017 to join the Soweto giants, Orlando Pirates, Rulani has made a surprising return to Sundowns.

Mokwena waiting for test results

Mokwena will join the Brazilians as soon as he receives his COVID-19 results. This is due to regulations that everyone on the soccer squad camp has to test for coronavirus.

If everything goes well he may just join the club earlier than anticipated.

“Mokwena will travel to Rustenburg to join the Brazilians in camp as soon as he has received the results for his COVID-19 test,” said the statement.

“If everything goes according to plan, he will join the team by the end of this week.

“The experienced Mokwena spent more than the years with Sundowns before embarking on a journey to coach some competitive sides in the PSL.”

Learning from Liverpool

The coach also upskilled with a course of study in Europe, where he learnt from the new English Premier League Liverpool.

Mokwena was part of the highly praised technical team that won the CAF Champions League in 2016.

Sundowns president Patrice Motsepe was one of the first to welcomed him back “home to the Mamelodi Sundowns family”, said the statement.

The club is planning to reinforce the technical team as they continue to aspire to dominate in the CAF Champions League to earn the second star for the club.

“Mokwena will add a new dimension to our already accomplished technical team and will make a valuable contribution to Sundowns,” the club statement concluded.