26/09/2011

Downs quartet train out in the cold

The quartet of players that Mamelodi Sundowns has frozen out of the first team have been moved in to train with a group of players that works out under Zipho Dlangalala at the club’s base at Chloorkop. 

The four players Tshepo Ramokala, Eduardo Ferreira, Koketso Mmotong and Papi Zothwane are all still under contract at the club but have been told to train away from the first team since the beginning of the month.

They will now have to just train without any friendly matches to play until the end of the year when the next transfer window opens.

"We are just training and training without any friendly matches to play. I mean we are just training," cries out Ramokala.

"We train everyday under Zipho Dlangalala with some other boys on the other field at Chloorkop.

"Though the situation is seriously frustrating, we just have to stay professional about it since this is what the club that we are contracted to has ordered. At times, we train at more or less the same time as the first team but on other occasions we train at different times.

"The training is no longer the same as it was when we were still in the first team. I just hope that after this experience other doors will open for us to continue with our careers. This is really frustrating. I had hoped that the club would have said we could continue training with the first team even if we were not playing," moans Ramokala.

All the four players were apparently offered the option of taking their clearances without any compensation for the remaining length of their contracts, or staying put at the club and training away from the first team.

The quartet chose to stay on earn their salaries while training where the club has ordered them to. 

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