Former Orlando Pirates coach Mike Makaab has slammed Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos over the comments he made.
Broos criticised Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi for not fielding Teboho Mokoena in the last five games. Makaab, who is Mngqithi’s agent, defended the Downs coach, saying Broos’ comments were out of order.
“What I can tell you about Manqoba, and I have been with him for 12 years,” said Makaab on Gagasi FM.
“He is not a man who holds grudges, he’s not a man who has his favourites. Manqoba realises that he will be judged by one thing and one thing alone, his results.
“There had to be, and I don’t know it, but there had to be a reason for him sidelining Mokoena and Mudau.
Makaab not happy with Broos’ comments
“You saw Mudau came on and had a fantastic period of the game when he was reintroduced into the Sundowns team,” Makaab added.
“That shows you that there is no ill feeling between the player and the coach.
“This nonsense about, the hype around the picture of Mokoena pointing to himself and saying I am the man, I find absolutely laughable. I understand Hugo Broos’ frustration but let’s put it in another way.
“Imagine if Jose Riviero publicly stated that he could not understand why Hugo Broos wasn’t selecting Patrick Maswanganyi, on the basis of what he was achieving at club level,” he continued.
The ex-Pirates coach said he understood what the Bafana coach wanted but his comments were not acceptable.
“I understand that Broos needs his best players available but for him to make those sort of utterances, I think is out of order.”
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