WOW: Orlando Pirates superstar is moving Saudi Arabia
Mohau Nkota will be playing his football in Saudi Arabia next season.
Pirates have promptly secured 23-year-old Oswin Appollis to soften the blow.
Pirates selling superstar trio?
As per impeccable local sources, Mohau Nkota is leaving Orlando Pirates. The 20-year-old has made the right-sided attacking role his own, shining on both the local and African stages.
At 20 years old, Rele Mofokeng is the jewel in the Pirates crown. There's talk that the Sea Robbers will listen to offers of R32 million for the winger. Make no mistake, Rele Mofokeng is a brilliant player, potentially the South African with the highest ceiling. What message does this send to European clubs wanting to smuggle South African talent if Mofokeng signs for a team in Spain, Italy, France or Germany and then gets sold for roughly five times that number?
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