Pitso Mosimane

Al Ahly’s executive manager Said Shalaby has all but confirmed that Pitso Mosimane will remain in his position as the club’s head coach. Photo: Twitter @AlAhlyEnglish

Pitso: Why are white boys not playing in the PSL?

Former Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane has questioned why there are so few white players in the DStv Premiership.

Pitso Mosimane

Al Ahly’s executive manager Said Shalaby has all but confirmed that Pitso Mosimane will remain in his position as the club’s head coach. Photo: Twitter @AlAhlyEnglish

Pitso Mosimane, who enjoyed a famed coaching career both in South Africa and now abroad with Al Ahly, is more than familiar with the dynamics of football in Mzansi.

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Players such as Gavin Lane, Dean Furman, Eric Tinkler and Neil Tovey are household names of the past, but there are increasingly few white players in the PSL.

“In the schools the white boys are playing football,” Mosimane said, as quoted by IOL.

“Why are white boys not playing football in the PSL? But there’s so many white boys playing football.

“My son is 13, and he’s playing against talented white players. I asked myself, why we do not have them in the [senior] teams?

“What is the problem? We need to investigate that. We need to check on those things.

“I am trying to change things. I am not trying to say that I will be successful, but I will try – and if you are doing the right things, you are bound to be successful.

“The white boys are playing in those schools – they must come through the system.”

Meanwhile, Mosimane, who has been in South Africa, recently said he certainly didn’t want to get drawn into any criticism of Bafana coach Hugo Broos.

However, Pitso did acknowledge there were some concerns when it comes to a perceived lack of communication.

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“I never criticise any coach of Bafana before me or after me because it’s a difficult space, I’ve been there,” Mosimane said, as quoted by Goal.com.

“Yes, Hugo Broos has said some things. I know that some local coaches were not happy with him about the way he conducts his relationships with them, the way he doesn’t even give them feedback, injury reports, and what kind of training is done.

“When I was the coach, I gave you the vision. I gave you the vision to say of where I think the national team should go with time frames, what needs to be and all that. All the times we’ve had games, I used to write reports and I give the reports to the coaches, about their injuries and everything,” Mosimane continued. 

“I read that Rulani [Mokwena] was not happy that the players are coming back injured and there are no reports, Mandla Ncikazi also, if I’m not mistaken, so there’s been a lot between the national coach and the teams. 

“I stayed away, [but] when we bought Percy, Percy came to us injured from the national team. I did not get the report. I wanted to know what happened, where did he get injured, and what are his scans saying? What do we do? We need to collaborate.”

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PITSO MOSIMANE’S AL AHLY MISS OUT ON R40 MILLION AFTER LATEST CAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DEFEAT

Apart from his failure to deliver another CAF Champions League trophy, Mosimane also missed out on adding another R40 million to Al Ahly’s bank account.

The CAF Champions League pays $2.5 million to ultimate winners, and that equates to around R40 million in South African Rands.

Wydad won the R40 million while Al Ahly walked away with silverware medals and $1.25 million (R20 million) for their efforts.

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