With Benni McCarthy gone, Samuel Darpoh keen to rejoin AmaZulu

Ghana midfielder Samuel Darpoh says he would welcome a return to his former DStv Premiership side AmaZulu.

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The 24-year-old left Usuthu in 2021 and has since joined ABC Motsepe side Summerfield Dynamos.

Darpoh had made an increasing number of appearances each season since making the step up from the AmaZulu reserve side, but the arrival of Benni McCarthy coincided with an increased amount of time spent on the sidelines.

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Speaking to Soccer Laduma, Darpoh explained that he left the club for more game time, but would now be open to a return under interim head coach Brandon Truter.

He said: “To be honest, as I said it was just game-time. In football, you have coaches that do not believe in you and I guess that was an issue. I decided to leave because of game-time. It was nothing personal because I didnt have any issues with the coach and the owners of the club.

“AmaZulu FC are everything to me. They took me from nowhere and made me a better person. I just left because of not getting game-time. I never had personal or one on one conversation with coach Benni McCarthy. For a season I didn’t get a chance and I thought maybe I should leave and coach Clinton Larsen came and saved me.”

Darpoh added: “Yes, I would like to return to AmaZulu FC at some point. I love that club, anything can happen in football and if they come, well I will definitely accept.”

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AmaZulu are currently seventh in the DStv Premiership standings with 32 points after 24 matches.

They will next be in action at home in a KwaZulu-Natal derby against Maritzburg United on Saturday, 16 April at 15:00.

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