Kadodia reveals to KickOff.com the player missed “five days of training” recently in between matches, but the matter had been swept under the carpet until the revelations this morning.
Schalkwyk arrived in Durban in January on a loan deal from Bucs and Kadodia confesses he didn’t do background research on the player before snapping him up to bolster his side.
“When I did my follow-up in football circles, I found out that apparently he did something similar at Celtic. People didn’t talk about it at the time and if I had known about it beforehand I would not have done this deal… I didn’t know.
“It is sad for football because these players are highly paid. How can a player earn such a high salary and decide to go on ‘holiday’?” Kadodia says.
Kadodia confirms Schalkwyk has already appeared before the club’s disciplinary committee. “He attended the DC and he was reprimanded, so now he is back at training. The club will monitor his behaviour,” he adds.
KickOff.com contacted Schalkwyk, but his phone rang unanswered.
The 28-year-old is no stranger to controversy. Late last year he reportedly went on a walkabout for two weeks and threatened to hang up his boots owing to the frustration of lack of game-time at Pirates.
Another former Pirates star, Benedict Vilakazi, was on Monday dismissed by Mpumalanga Black Aces for a similar transgression.
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That's all I can say. Mustn't come back to Pirates. Ill disciplined players must stay away from the beautiful game................
(Pule,Jnr Khanye,Ntuka,ect) Chimps...
Schalkwyk himself is a former Chiefs Player, but he never mentioned the clubs name on this article, but he was happy to mention a former pirates player who is contracted to Sundowns!!
If he was playing for Ajax or Santos, he was going to be fine, they know how to cover up for coloureds there, ask Clyton Daniels
Mkhanyiseli siwahla is sleeping in CPUT Bellville Campus in one of the ladies res there tltltltl, eish that boy is kak klaar, and his Mini cooper is like what we call iphela here in CPT
hahah that boy is down and out, no one can rescue him anymore.
I just hope that Vilakazi saved a lot of money cause he will never be what he was before and you know Downs will abondn him
Khosi by Birth!!!
The players must just learn to do their jobs without being pushed like wheelbarrows.
Look at the people like 'Duku Duku', G Sibeko and them. They know that even if they are not playing they must go to traing and try with all they have to convince the coach. Even if its not working you will never hear of them going AWOL from their respective teams..
Players must just responsibility of their actions and get themselves in order... Drinking your problems away will never work because when you sober up they (problems) will still be there and even worse b'cos you cant perform with a hang-over.
Agents should also be mentors to these guys, take Stanton Lewis comments about “Ajax” and never going back there, it was suicidal…should he have someone being there to guide and teach diplomacy he shouldn’t have burnt the bridges he burnt.
I wish we could refrain from blaming teams when players conduct themselves unprofessionally, rather lets give constructive criticisms where necessary and u never know that little advise you post in here could positively change one player’s for life because its so sad to see fellow Africans falter in fields where they are good at.
Substance abuse is widespread and should be addressed as it should be.
Mthombeni for Mdledle? Masina for Cheeseboy? I mean what's the difference betweeen Mabena and Walaza?
Mabena and walaza, I should have done the same, the guy used to piss me off, he would score an imposable goal and fall down when he had to convert a clear simple goal, he's not technically sharp! Mabena is young and stood up for the coach where he needed to!
Cheeseboy and Mdledle, wow! dont want to blame other players for other's bad behaviour, remember when this guys were at OP, who was our captain, who were the core of OP team? talk of a wrong mix, Lucky went ahead of them to get an arm band! good behaviuor pays, even in the company that you work for! still dont blame the coach! cheeseboy trusted his tallent than his inner man, and his inner man was weak, he was always found in the other side of reality! thank to Khoza, he bailled him for so many times, talk of Makhanya, a true proffesional on and off the field, watch the space, with that weight at Aces and his work load, you might see him in Red, Black and White!
They wer crumt under the leadership of a well known mafia who uses money to kill inocent people.
Vilakazi dismist, Gert AWOL. That's chibuku 4u.
he's back with his madnes,