Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has taken aim at the media, accusing some journalists of being 'supporters' of certain clubs.
Broos has had to answer plenty of questions over his selections, and sometimes non-selections of players into the Bafana squad.
READ | Chiefs icon defends Cardoso's Zwane decision
The latest debate has been around the decision of not to select a single player from Nedbank Cup winners Kaizer Chiefs for two upcoming friendly matches against Tanzania and Mozambique.
Speaking to the media ahead of the clash against Tanzania, the Belgian was blunt in his assessment that he felt certain journalists were pushing for players from certain teams to be selected.
"I feel that some journalists are linked with clubs. They are supporters of those clubs," he said, speaking from the national team camp on Monday.
"For a supporter, it’s very difficult to accept that you didn’t take a player from his team. It’s not really the fact that you chose it, but it’s because it’s a player of that team, and they are a supporter. That is what happens here.
"It’s a question of choice from my side. Sometimes it’s tactics, and sometimes it’s because the player is number two or three in terms of rankings in that position.
"For people outside, they are always linking players from certain clubs. So, when I drop a player from (Orlando) Pirates, they say: 'Ah, it's a player from Pirates'.
READ | Broos raves over Pirates star
"When I don’t take players from (Kaizer) Chiefs, it’s like I have killed someone. It has nothing to do with clubs when I make choices. I don’t make choices because they are from Pirates or Chiefs.
"No, I made a choice without knowing if this player was from the Chiefs or Chippa (United), I just take a player. If you have to drop players from big teams, what is the problem? You have to try to make a national team as strong as possible to play games.
