UAugustine Makalakalane uthi akathethisani noJomo Sono”

Owayesakuba ngumdlali weqela leBafana Bafana uAugustine ‘Mthakathi’ Makalakalane uthethe ngokuxabana kwakhe ixesha elide negqala lebhola ekhatywayo laseMzantsi Afrika uJomo Sono.

Aba babini basebenzisana kwiJomo Cosmos. UJomo Sono wayengumqeqeshi kunye nomphathi ka-Augustine Makalakalane kwiJomo Cosmos ngeminyaka yoo-1980 kunye noo-1990.

Kudliwanondlebe neRadio 200 kule veki, uMakalakalane utyhile ukuba washiya iCosmos kuba abadlali babengahlawulwa, nto leyo eyamenza wafuna amathuba kwamanye amazwe.

Ngo-1990, wajoyina iFC Zürich eSwitzerland, kamva waya kwiFC Baden ngaphambi kokuba abuyele eZürich.

Ngokutsho kuka-Ausgustine Makalakalane, uJomo Sono wafuna imali yokusayina xa wayesiya eYurophu – isicelo awasivumayo ngokupheleleyo.

“Ndifumene umsebenzi kwiFC Zürich mna, ngoko akukho nto indidibanisa noSono,” utshilo.

“Nangoku, asithethi. Nokuba sidibana kwilifti enye, asizukuthetha nto omnye komnye.

“Ndimthathele ukutya emlonyeni wakhe xa ndandingavumi ukumnika imali yokusayina.”

UMakalakalane ukwatyhola uSono ngokuthintela umsebenzi kaThomas ‘Tshintsha’ Madigage ongasekhoyo, esithi umphathi weCosmos wayefuna imali eninzi kakhulu kumaqela aseYurophu anomdla wokumsayina.

“UMadigage wayefunwa yiManchester United, iManchester City, kunye neSporting Lisbon,” utshilo uMakalakalane.

“Kodwa iimfuno zikaSono zaziphezulu kakhulu, amaqela ahamba.”

Emva kwexesha lakhe eSwitzerland, uMakalakalane wabuyela ekhaya ngo-1997 ukuze ajoyine iMamelodi Sundowns, apho wanceda iqela ukuba liphumelele izithsaba zeligi ezintathu zilandelelana phantsi kukaTed Dumitru.

Kamva wadlalela iWits University ngaphambi kokuba atshintshele ekubeni ngumqeqeshi, ethatha izintambo kwiBlack Leopards waza kamva wakhonza njengomqeqeshi wexeshana kwiBanyana Banyana.

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Ethathwa njengomnye wabaqalisi bebhola ekhatywayo yaseMzantsi Afrika emva kocalucalulo, uMakalakalane wayeyinxalenye yeqela lokuqala leBafana Bafana ngo-1992.

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Kamva wanceda uMzantsi Afrika ukuphakamisa iNdebe yeZizwe zase-Afrika ka-1996 phantsi kukaClive Barker apho wayedume khona ngezihlangu zakhe ezimhlophe ezazingaqhelekanga ngaloo maxesha.