Patrice Motsepe says Elias Pelembe is not Sundowns' biggest earner
'Pelembe not Downs' highest-paid player'
Posted: 2012-02-14 07:07
Mamelodi Sundowns president Patrice Motsepe insists that Elias Pelembe is not the highest-paid player at the club as has been reported recently.
It is believed that the Mozambican international is earning around R500 000 a month after signing a new contract with The Brazilians, but Motsepe says the figures are far from truth.
“I can tell you without a doubt that Pelembe is not the highest-paid player at Sundowns,” he says.
“That’s says a lot, and the second thing is that it’s not good for Sundowns that you have a player that earns so much more than the others. Sometimes we want a player who wants a lot of money and we can afford the player, but we walk away from the player.
“The truth is Pelembe is not Sundowns’ highest-paid player and I can't tell you who is. But everybody is entitled to their own views; sometimes what people say and the facts are totally different.
“We pay the salaries every month and we know who earns what, but that’s not true. When I say we are going to pay good salaries, I knew in my mind that football is so important in the lives of our people that the sponsors who wanted to be associated with football will have to increase the sponsorship.”
Motsepe also revealed that the reason they pulled out of the race to sign Sifiso Myeni was not because of the money, but because they had already signed Anthony Laffor from SuperSport United.
“There were discussions, clearly, but Myeni and Laffor play in the same position. When we got Laffor the whole focus on Myeni ended because we had been trying to get Laffor for the past two years,” he said.



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