Pirates legend: ‘I think I will go back there’

Nearly every Orlando Pirates supporter was left in disbelief when Happy Jele left last season after a 14-year stay. The 36-year-old has now revealed a bit of a twist.

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HAPPY JELE TO RETURN TO ORLANDO PIRATES?

Following a strange look in a Royal AM jersey last season, the Middelburg-born defender has revealed that Pirates promised an open job for him to return to.

“I think they waited for me because what I remember, when we had talks, I said I wanted to go and play, and the club gave me that blessing to say, ‘go and finish, and once you feel you are okay, you can come’…the door is still open,” Jele said via Sowetan Live.

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“So when I retire, I think I will go there and talk to them and see what’s going to happen. We can’t predict the future. If the job is no longer there, it’s fine, I need to go somewhere else and work but for now the ball is still in our court, me and the team [Pirates].

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“For now, I am still taking care of myself and I can still run with the young guys. God will lead me to say ‘now it’s time to retire, my boy’. I am still a Royal AM player and I won’t reveal for how long.

“They want to compete with bigger teams…they want to win trophies for themselves, so for me it is just to be there and try my best to help the team,” the former Pirates skipper concluded.

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