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Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos has revealed details of a frank conversation with Khuliso Mudau, in which he urged the Mamelodi Sundowns defender to return to training and resolve his dispute with the club.
Mudau, who has been at the centre of a transfer saga since the start of the season, was left out of Broos’ 23-man squad for next month’s crucial FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Lesotho and Nigeria.
Until earlier this week, the player had absconded from Sundowns training in an attempt to force a move away from Chloorkop, with Broos confirming that he reached out to the player before finalising his squad announcement on Thursday.
"First of all, I took contact with the club to see what the situation really is, and then I asked the club, if I can help, I should help to solve the problem," revealed Broos.
"So I got the agreement of the coach of Sundowns for me to have a meeting with Khuliso, and I had that meeting with Khuliso, and I told him that he was right in some things, but he was not right in other things, like for example, not going to training.
"You don't solve a problem by not going to training, even if there is a disagreement between you and the club – this is an obligation of the player, and if he doesn't play, it's something else.
"You can say, 'I won't play until the problem is solved,' but you have to go to training. So I think Khuliso is training now again, and I really hope that, as soon as possible, the problem is solved.
"Because Khuliso is the best right-back in this country, and one of the best right-backs in Africa, so it's difficult for me to not have him in my team.
"So therefore, again, I think it's a duty for the Bafana Bafana coach to also help to solve a problem like that."
