Happy Jele Hopes to Return to Orlando Pirates One Day!
Happy Jele Hopes to Return to Orlando Pirates One Day! The veteran defender is not yet ready to hang up his boots.
Happy Jele Hopes to Return to Orlando Pirates One Day! The veteran defender is not yet ready to hang up his boots.
Happy Jele left childhood club Orlando Pirates at the end of last season. He is hoping that one day he will work at the club again.
Magents joined Royal AM as a free agent in February this year. This is after his contract with The Buccaneers had ended the season before.
The Bucs offered Jele a non-playing role, which he reluctantly declined because he felt he still had something to offer on the football pitch. He is currently at Royal AM for another season and will decide his future once his contract runs out.
“I think they waited for me because what I remember, when we had talks, I said I wanted to go and play and the club gave me that blessing to say, ‘go and finish and once you feel you are okay, you can come’” Jele told the press, recently.
“The door is still open. So, when I retire, I think I will go there and talk to them and see what’s going to happen.
“We can’t predict the future. If the job is no longer there, it’s fine, I need to go somewhere else and work but for now the ball is still in our court, me and the team,”
“For now, I am still taking care of myself, and I can still run with the young guys. God will lead me to say, ‘now it’s time to retire, my boy’.
“I am still a Royal AM player, and I won’t reveal for how long.
“They want to compete with bigger teams. They want to win trophies for themselves, so for me it is just to be there and try my best to help the team.” He concluded.
He spent 17 years with The Buccaneers before leaving in 2022.
