Orlando Pirates’ Relebohile Mofokeng vs Chippa United at the Nelson Mandela Bay Hospital. Image: BackpagePix
Hugo Broos sends warning on Orlando Pirates star
Orlando Pirates star Relebohile Mofokeng is heavily linked with a move abroad. Bafana Bafana’s Hugo Broos is not excited.
Orlando Pirates’ Relebohile Mofokeng vs Chippa United at the Nelson Mandela Bay Hospital. Image: BackpagePix
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos is a fan of Orlando Pirates‘ Relebohile Mofokeng, as long as he remains in the DStv Premiership next season.
ORLANDO PIRATES STAR RELEBOHILE MOFOKENG LINKED WITH OVERSEAS MOVE
According to widespread reports, Mofokeng is on the radar of Wolverhampton Wanderers (England), Glasgow Rangers (Scotland), RB Salzburg (Austria) and Al Ahly (Egypt).
Having cemented a place in the Orlando Pirates team, the 19-year-old Mofokeng has since earned his first call up to Bafana Bafana. Sharing his thoughts on the tlaks of an overseas move, Bafana coach Broos believes it is still too ealry for the Sharpville-born star to leave the Sea Robbers and the DStv Premiership.
HUGO BROOS SHARES CAUTION
Meanwhile, Bafana caoch Broos is not keen to see Mofokeng leave. The outspoken Belgian coach previously warned that former Mamelodi Sundowns star Cassius Mailula about prematurely moving to FC Toronto in Canada. The Limpopo-born star has since spent most of his time in the Major League Soccer sitting in the stands.
“No! That’s what I said also with [Cassius] Mailula. This is not the right moment to go overseas,” Broos said after his was asked if Mofokeng is ready to leave Orlando Pirates, as per iDiskiTimes.
“He played what? 18 games, he doesn’t have international experience nothing. What I said about Mailula I repeat it now to Mofokeng stay at Pirates.
“Play another season here in South Africa with the Champions League maybe hopefully and then he will be a better player. You see what happened with Mailula. He went to Toronto and there were two former Italian internationals, what are you going to do with a little guy from South Africa there?
“He didn’t play many games he is on the bench. What does he learn there? I hope the agent of Mofokeng is more clever than the one of Mailula and he decides what is important for the player not important for him.
“Let’s see what happens and I hope that he stays at [Orlando] Pirates, that he plays another season,” Broos concluded.
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