Mamelodi Sundowns Terminate Tokelo Rantie’s Contract
Premiership champions Mamelodi Sundowns have shown troubled striker Tokelo Rantie the exit door and terminated his contract with immediate effect after an internal disciplinary process.
The self-destructive former Bafana Bafana‚ Orlando Pirates and Bournemouth FC striker had gone AWOL for weeks and even coach Pitso Mosimanehad no idea where he was.
“The standard at Sundowns is high for a professional footballer and there is a zero-tolerance for ill-discipline‚” said Sundowns legal executive Yogesh Singh in a statement.
“Of course‚ players are human and we will first go through counseling to correct a player’s behavior but there is a line and when that is crossed we do not compromise the dressing-room for any individual player.”
Mosimane had offered Rantie an opportunity to turn his life and career around and also resurrect his career but he failed to make use of the priceless opportunity and repay the faith shown in him by coach Pitso.
“Tokelo is a sad case, we can’t tolerate, if you’re ill-disciplined you can’t stay at Sundowns. We’ve got too many games and too much traveling to deal with and we don’t even train, so we can’t police and fight. Tokelo, shame man it’s a little bit of a sad story, he’s missing the party, he’s missing this kind of a game ” said Mosimane.
The 29-year-old Rantie joined Sundowns in September as a free agent but failed to make any official starts for the Brazilians due to off-the-field issues with his fitness and discipline that have put a huge dent on his career.
By Gerald Dandah
