Bafana Bafana head coach Hugo Broos has slammed Mbekezeli Mbokazi for missing his flight to join up with his teammates ahead of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco. Broos also criticised the 20 year-old central defender’s agent Basia Michaels over his move from Orlando Pirates to Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire. On Saturday, Mbokazi captained Orlando Pirates to victory in the Carling Black Label Knockout at the Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane, his final match for the Buccaneers.
He was supposed to fly to Johannesburg on Monday and join the Bafana camp at the TUKS High Performance Centre in Tshwane. But Mbokazi missed his flight and only joined the camp on Tuesday. “He let us know he missed his flight from Durban yesterday.” Mbokazi seemingly went home to KZN after the CKO final.
“It was the coach of Pirates (Abdeslam) Ouaddou who informed me,” added Broos. “He (Ouaddou) was very angry that he missed his flight. These were his (Ouaddou’s) words – ‘unprofessional attitude’.
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“I have already spoken about players with an unprofessional attitude. Then Pirates sent me a nonsense message. I will not tell you what it was but it was nonsense. It is worse that the club protects the player.
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