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Pitso Mosimane has said that George Maluleka joined the Mamelodi Sundowns from rivals Kaizer Chiefs to win trophies.
Maluleka joined the Brazilians on a three-year contract in July, but was unavailable to participate in the season resumption at the bio-bubble where Sundowns led his former club to the finish line in the title race.
“He came to us because I told him if you want to win trophies, come here,” said Mosimane, who never misses an opportunity to try out with the Chiefs.
“I asked him, ‘Are you guaranteed that side?’ And it is a fact. I said, ‘The trophy reference is here. Coach Rulani [Mokwena] has won trophies. Come here because the trophies are here, come here, you will lift trophies.
“People say we take Maluleka, how can we take a player who doesn’t want to come to us?
“Did you want to come to us? Of course she wanted to come to us and that’s why she’s here. It’s not that we took the boy, but that the boy also wanted to play for us. “
After signing a pre-contract with Sundowns, Maluleka was released prior to his contract at Naturena, but Mosimane says the Chiefs should have kept him until the end of the season.
“If I was the coach at Chiefs, I’d keep him, neh. Why not? But sometimes it is beyond you as a coach: they are the owners of the club because you are employed and this is our club.
“I did it at SuperSport United. Calvin Marlin signed a previous contract with the Sundowns but played every game. Bongani Zungu had already signed a pre-contract [signing from Sudowns for Vitória de Guimarães in Portugal] but he stayed with us and played.
“Do you think a credible player like George Maluleka will score an own goal for us? No guys, these guys are professionals.
“It’s like you – you know you’re going to another job, are you going to stop going to work?
“It does not work like that. Your integrity has been there for the last eight years, do you really want to spoil your integrity? You want to finish well and you must remember that if he behaves unprofessionally, we are going to ask who we sign here.
Mosimane went on to say that the Chiefs missed Maluleka in the biobubble because he was key to their attacking system and in dead ball situations before football was suspended by Covid-19.
“Along with Manyama, they were important for the assembled parts and the diamond shape they have. They came in with Willard Katsande sweeping behind them, he was very important to them and he passes the ball very well. In my opinion, I think they missed him. “
