Mphela: Pitso Wants To Sign His Own Players

Pitso Mosimane. Photo: Gallo Images/Lefty Shivambu

With Pitso Mosimane being linked with a return to Mamelodi Sundowns, former Masandawana star Katlego Mphela has given his verdict on whether the veteran coach can work with a sporting director. 

With Sundowns having a Sporting Director in Fleming Berg, it is believed that Mosimane could potentially butt heads with the director, according to former Sundowns striker Katlego “Killer” Mphela. 

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In an exclusive interview with Soccer Laduma, Mphela, who played for Mosimane at SuperSport United, Sundowns, and Bafana Bafana, has said that the head coach will want to recruit his own players and have his own technical team. 

“I will just talk from what I know. The Pitso I know,” he says.

“What I know is that he has evolved with football through the years. You can pick it up when you’re talking to him. But I don’t know. Maybe his own sporting director, whom he recommended, could work. I’m not sure about this one (Flemming Berg) because already there’ve been, you know, talks of complaints from fans and other people that they don’t really need him.

“But the Pitso I know, I don’t think they will work well (together), but you never know in football because Pitso likes being in control of the whole set-up, which is why he has his own technical team. He likes signing his own players, so I’m not sure if he can work with this one. I’m not convinced,” said Mphela.

When asked if it would be a good idea to bring Pitso back to Sundowns, the former Bafana Bafana striker reflected on the coach’s previous achievements.

“I mean, honestly speaking, in terms of football, they achieved things together and complemented each other. I mean, he brought back the winning ways at Sundowns – the philosophy, you know.

“He won the Champions League and the league with them. Some of his players went overseas. He improved players, and players went overseas, including Bongani Zungu, Keagan Dolly and others. So, in terms of football, I don’t see any problem, but I don’t know in terms of personal stuff and other things that are in the media. I’m not sure about it. But in terms of football, I don’t see anything wrong with him going back there,” Mphela told Soccer Laduma.

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The 61-year-old Kagiso-born coach was with the Brazilians for eight years from 2012 to 2020, and he won almost everything on offer in football competition locally and in Africa, including the 2016 CAF Champions League and the Cup Winners Cup, before resigning to join Egyptian giants Al Ahly, where he won the CAF Champions League twice.

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