Swallows unveil Andile Jali. Image: @SwallowsFC/ Twitter.
Jali reveals why he rejected Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates
Andile Jali has left Sundowns and signed for Swallows, to the dismay of Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates fans. Why did he choose them?
Swallows unveil Andile Jali. Image: @SwallowsFC/ Twitter.
Andile Jali, out of contract at Sundowns, opted for a switch to Swallows. In so doing, he spurned the Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates. Why though?
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Andile Jali is now officially a Moroka Swallows player. So why didn’t he join a so-called “bigger team” with Chiefs and Pirates both linked with the ex-Sundowns man?
“You know sometimes when you have been in football for a long time and with experience there are people that guide you that’s an important thing in football,” Jali was quoted as saying by iDiski Times.
“So people that I’ve been talking to, some were saying I should stay and others were saying leave. I decided that I can’t stay where I’m not happy and you can’t play football if you are not happy. It doesn’t matter where you are, happiness comes first before playing for a team. So I chose to be happy over being at a big team.
“That’s what I told those who usually advise me that I choose my happiness over anything because I will end up not being okay inside and even towards my family,” he added.
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Jali and Steve Komphela are reunited at Dobsonville Stadium and the club, recently restored to their iconic old name, are expected to try and bolster their ranks further with a few more big names.
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