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Sipho Mbule of Supersport United. Photo: BackpagePix

Mbule accused of being overweight, uncommitted

SuperSport United CEO Stan Matthews has provided a scathing review of Sipho Mbule‘s conditioning after the Christmas break.

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Sipho Mbule of Supersport United. Photo: BackpagePix

This week, some reports suggested SuperSport United could lose Mbule “for free” when his deal expires at the end of the current season, and according to the Daily Sun, his agent Mike Makaab was poised to travel from Durban to Gauteng to discuss his future with Matsatsantsa.

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As rumours persist, the 23-year-old has been accused of a poor attitude aimed at forcing the club to sell him to Amakhosi.

“There is no chance that he’s going to be let go this window,” Mathews said in the Ultimate Sport Show as quoted by iDiski Times.

“That’s a discussion we can have in six months’ time, depending on Sipho and the way he approaches his career and his attitude towards the club.

“As I said Teboho [Mokoena] has been professional and done everything top drawer. Hence we allowed his move six months early because he deserved it.

“Likewise with Modiba, likewise with Grant Kekana. The players that have shown the club respect, the players that have shown their loyalty to the club, the club has supported them to have fantastic lives in football and there has been no exceptions in this regard from Kamohelo Mokotjo to Kermit Erasmus, to Dane Klate, I mention many…

“I think Sipho has got some improvement to show in his attitude towards training and towards application,” Mathews continued.

“We respect that clubs have come and made offers towards him. It seems right as a professional to get other offers, no one in the whole world wouldn’t want Sipho to go on and achieve big things for big money…

“You can’t come back from a Christmas break five kilograms overweight. It’s not acceptable in the professional football world and if you want to earn millions and millions of Rand, you’ve got to have self-discipline, you need to have respect for your colleagues and coaches and the badge that you play for and you need to put in your best at all times, not take your foot off the pedal when you think everybody’s chasing you for your signature, because that’s not the right attitude to have.”

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Importantly, SuperSport do have the option to renew Mbule’s contract, although both parties have until the end of May to exercise that option.

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A key question was posed to Makaab on social media, and he responded with important clarity on Mbule’s future as seen below:

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Makaab said everything regarding Mbule’s future will be clearer come May without elaborating further on how he intends to tackle the matter.

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“All is expected to be clear in May,” said Makaab.

Mbule may be one of the popular figures in Kaitano Tembo’s team, but he hasn’t played since 24 November 2021 when SuperSport United held Sundowns to a 2-2 draw. He missed Matsatsantsa’s final five league matches of 2021, and that could be one of the reasons for his curiosity to want to know if he still has a future at the club.

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