Orbit College Boss Reacts To Surprise Saleng Move

Orbit College Coach Has Reacted to the Monnapule Saleng transfer. Photo: Gallo Images

Orbit College coach Pogiso Makhoye has reacted to Monnapule Saleng’s switch to defending PSL champions Mamelodi Sundowns.

Mamelodi Sundowns announced the signing of former Orlando Pirates winger Monnapule Saleng on Friday, while he was still on loan at Orbit College.

The unexpected transfer left Orbit College coach Pogiso Makhoye scrambling to adjust their plans for the remainder of the season.

“We are still trying to find ourselves now because we didn’t see it coming. We thought we’ll have him until the end of the season, but you know football, you sleep today as an Orbit player, when you walk up tomorrow, you are somewhere. But this one we didn’t see it coming,” Makhoye told Soccer Laduma.

In the current Betway Premiership season, Saleng has made 11 appearances for Orbit College, scoring two goals and providing three assists.

Asked about the move’s impact on the team, the coach said they are not looking at it as a negative impact but a motivation to other players that they can also do it.

“I think we won’t take this as a negative impact because you see it means we are doing something right, because if you check even the stats. It’s repeated in the number of goals that he scored and also in terms of assists. It means we help him to  still stay at the top and stay relevant as well.

And it’s motivating other players to say but if the stats that made here where we helped him. It means can happen to anyone. So we took it as a positive thing rather than negative because I think we are also having back the players that were injured are coming back. so it’s like we’ve got new signings,” Makhoye concluded.

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