The season (2008/09) when Phumelele ‘Ace’ Bhengu broke through at Moroka Swallows and famously scored a brace against Kaizer Chiefs, he had missed an opportunity that would have guaranteed him almost four times what The Birds were paying him.
Bhengu was a teenage striker who had come through the ranks at Swallows and could have earned R30 000 instead of R8 000 for his first senior contract in 2008.
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