Dr Irvin Khoza: PSL Chairman Calls Club Status Sales ‘Stressful’ in Candid Statement
Premier Soccer League chairman Irvin Khoza delivered his honest view about club status sales in the South African league.
Recently, football clubs like Bloemfontein Celtic, Highlands Park, Bidvest Wits, Moroka Swallows, and the latest one SuperSport United have all become defunct after the club owners were unable to meet up with demands of running a football team in terms fo finance.
SuperSport United was recently acquired by Calvin Le John, who declared himself as the son of Gayton McKenzie, and they currently compete in the Betway Premiership.
PSL boss laments on club sales in PSL
While speaking in a recent interview, Khoza claimed the process of selling club in the PSL is stressful for him.
“It’s a stressful situation for me and for the PSL,” Khoza told iDiski Times.
“But what choice do we have? Whenever a club needs to be sold, we first check if there are any interested buyers within the club’s original community.
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"Often, there aren’t. We can’t just wait around, we have to open it up to the wider market where buyers and sellers meet willingly. Our national constitution supports economic activity for everyone.”
The Orlando Pirates chairman also opened up about protecting the PSL brand.
Reactions as Khoza shares opinion on club sales in PSL
iamziyar wrote:
"No one is messing nothing up, the PSL needs to shape up. How can you allow a club to play a whole season with an unregistered player? 1 or 2 games is too much but the whole season is a joke. How do you allow someone who evades SARS to buy the status of a club? Come on Madala"
Thingahangwi Luthada said:
"This madala is talking nonsense how can he block other teams to get a sponsorship n he espect team to run without it n his team get every sponsor..he fight. Swallows not getting Telekom sponsor..n he was fighting for Cape Town city for Fnb ..this is nonsense he must step aside."
ThaboJR03 commented:
How are salaries of players (maybe 8 to9k even more,players must be paid so teams must work hard and get their own sponsors period and not negotiate first peanuts expecting Khoza to help them No..
brezzada reacted:
"But the PSL is an institution, With clubs running their business and the psl can't get sponsors for them as much as PSL can't dictate player's salaries good people please 🙏"
Marcus Letseku shared:
"He will left the world and other will run it better than he think he is doing useless leader that is why pirates only win small cups not champions league."
Lubha_za added:
"Hey this one must go away he owes us nothing we owe him nothing this is not his own league."
Ouaddou opens up on Mabasa's absence
Briefly News previously reported that Ouaddou shared the reason Tshegofatso Mabasa was absent in Pirates' defeat against Sekhukhune United at the Orlando Stadium.
The former Moroka Swallows striker has missed the first two official matches for the Soweto giants this season.
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