UMaluleke uchaza ukushiya iChiefs nokuthukwa kwabalandeli
UGeorge Maluleke sewuphendule okokugcina ngendlela ashiya ngayo iKaizer Chiefs, atjengisa ukuthi abalandeli bebangazi iqiniso eliphelele ngesizathu sokuhamba kwakhe.
Uthi abalandeli abanengi bamhlasela ngokungalingani ngoba bebangakuzwisisi okwakumenze ukuthi ashiye iqembu elikhulu laseSoweto.
Ngaleso sikhathi, iAmakhosi bebizothetha isicoco seligi ngesikhathi seCovid, kodwana uMaluleke wakhetha ukujoyina iMamelodi Sundowns ngaphambi kokuphela kwesizini.
UMaluleke uthi kukhona abalandeli abambone ngobulungiswa, abaqonda ipolitiki yomdlalo kanye neqiniso elibhekene nabadlali ngaphakathi kwendawo yobungcweti.
“Nangikhamba eKaizer Chiefs ngaya kuMamelodi Sundowns, abalandeli baqala ukungithiya,” kutjho uMaluleke.
“Kodwana bebangakwazi ukuthi kwenziwani phakathi kwami neKaizer Chiefs okwenza ngasuka ngezikhathi ezimangalisako.
“Kukhona abalandeli abanginankinga nabo, labo abaqonda umdlali, iqembu nomdlalo webhola,” kwangeza njalo uMaluleke.
Ukushiya kwakhe kwalimaza iChiefs kakhulu ngoba kwenzeka ngesikhathi iqembu lihlohla isicoco seBetway Premiership.
Abalandeli abanengi bakholwa ukuthi uPitso Mosimane watjhinga uMaluleke ngenhloso yokubuthakathisa iChiefs, njengombana ake wajamisa nembala uGeorge Lebese ngaphambilini.
Bobabili badlale kuSundowns kodwana bazithola bathikamezeka ngokunganikwa isikhathi sokudlala, okwandisa imibono yokuthi umqeqetjhi lo bekafuna ukudlisa iphazamiso kunokwakha iqembu.
Ukulahleka kwesicoco ngaphansi kuka-Ernst Middendorp kwandisa ukukholelwa bona uSundowns waphazamisisa iChiefs ngesizini ebaluleke kangaka.
UMaluleke wagcina ehamba eSundowns waya kuAmaZulu, wabuye wakhetha ukuvala umdlalo wakhe wobungcweti eqenjini elikhambako leKruger United.
