Orlando Pirates chairman Irvin Khoza addresses the media. Picture: Sydney Mahlangu/ BackpagePix
Orlando Pirates sold THIS player to Sundowns for R4 million
Orlando Pirates made a killing when they did transfer business with Mamelodi Sundowns almost 14 years ago for one of their top defenders.
Orlando Pirates chairman Irvin Khoza addresses the media. Picture: Sydney Mahlangu/ BackpagePix
Orlando Pirates made a killing when they did transfer business with Mamelodi Sundowns almost 14 years ago for one of their top defenders.
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Innocent Mdledle had spent four years with Pirates between 2005 and 2009, but he was surprisingly sold to Sundowns on transfer deadline day on 31 August 2009.
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Mdledle, though, said his transfer from Pirates to Sundowns caught him by surprise as he was only informed of it after everything was finalised.
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And he suspects that the deal was hidden from him because he had been at loggerheads with Pirates who claimed he still had two more years left on his contract.
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At the time, Mdledle only knew of a three-year contract he signed when he was promoted to the first team, and not the said five-year deal Pirates claimed.
Nonetheless, Mdledle said he was happy at Sundowns because they gave him the money he wanted, thanks to his former agent Walter Mokoena.
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“That is when I realised that there is fraud in football because I remember leaving the Pirates offices and going home, because they wanted to talk to me but I didn’t want to,” said Mdledle on Off The Pitch with TK.
“The next thing, Walter and Sundowns were negotiating, suddenly, I have been sold. How I sold, I don’t know because even the transfer happened in the last minutes of the transfer window,” he continued.
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Asked how if he was told how much he was sold for, Mdledle said: “Yes, it was R4 million.”
“You don’t get anything from the transfer fee. All you get is a signing on fee and a salary.
“I was happy going to Sundowns because they were going to give me what I want, and they did, and while at Sundowns, I did so many things with the money they gave me,” added Mdledle.
