‘Tsiki-Tsiki’ tells KICK OFF he: “didn’t make a formal announcement that I was retiring from football”.
The former star says he will reveal “everything” about his future in January, but says “it’s not like I’m just sitting – I train with guys like Clint Sephadi.”
Many fans assumed Mooki would slip into the coaching team at Chiefs, but he says: “I don’t want to do something and then realise I have not love for it. I don’t want to do something just because that’s what footballers do when they retire.”
KICK OFF also speaks to Chiefs chairman Kaizer Motaung about the Mooki benefit match that was touted, but never materialised.
Motaung insists the situation is not the club’s fault: “Our marketing team has always tried to organise the match, but unfortunately [Mooki has] left everything to his managers or agents, and these are the type who make it difficult for us.”
Get the latest KICK OFF (issue 411 – out now!) to read Mooki’s full interview with Zola Doda, where he talks about
- his close relationship with Scara Ngobese: “I wish he’d realised how good he was”.
- who he admires in the current Chiefs set-up: “I rate players like George Lebese and Mandla Masango”.
- Bafana Bafana then and now: “During my time we had Jomo Sono … who was similar to Pitso”.
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who he admires in the current Chiefs set-up: “I rate players like George Lebese and Mandla Masango”.
There you go, even Mooki does n't see what u see in Shabba....George is 10x better than Shabba but because he did n't score a WC goal.
Kaka Masango has always been good, its a just a pity VV does n't know how to use him, at Walter stars he was a jem, Give Kaka to Ajax then u will see the real Masango.
As for Tsiki I feel shame for him. This is one player that was so loyal to KCFC for years. Good luck to him!
This guys is true example that Loyalty does pay.
At his peak, he could have joined Sundowns, now he just selling funeral policies at R45 per policy, mara Chiefs does n't have respect for their own.
Tolly.ba.Thathe: How do u treat one who has served you well like this.
The Zebras PAC, a self pro-claimed most professionally run team in Africa, cant even honour their own.
Mooki should give me a call, i am looking for long distance truck drivers, but the requirements are simple. One needs to be a Orlando Pirates fan.
He he he!!! So KO must not report about Tsitsiki’s so called benefit match that he was promised 10 years back??? KO will exposed the so called “professionalism” at the farm that you always run your mouths yada yading about whilst the actions are contradictory. What kind of a professional would take that long to simply arrange a game???
Former Bafana Bafana striker Benni “Magic Feet” McCarthy has joined Orlando Pirates.
Pirates chairperson Irvin Khoza and McCarthy’s business manager Rob Moore finalised the transfer in the early hours of this morning.
Khoza is expected to unveil McCarthy at a media briefing in Houghton, Johannesburg, at 12.30pm.
He is likely to make his debut for Pirates in the MTN8 match against Santos at Orlando Stadium in Soweto on Saturday night at 8.15pm.
The most professionally run club un Africa owes Mooki and the general soccer loving public an explanation. Since when are they afraid to deal with agents? Weren't they (agents) involved in the Parker and Muson deals?
Then again, what do you expect from a cabbage farm, in Naturena Zebra Park? Kenny G has listed some of the many victims.