TROUBLE IN PARADISE

Kaizer Chiefs boss Bobby Motaung was arrested by the hawks on charges of fraud. The powerful footbal boss was arrested in connection with a multi-million rand fraud case, relating to the building of the Mbombela stadium in Nelspruit in 2010football411.com

Motaung appeared in court on Thursday and was granted a R50.000 bail, this did not sit well with football fans as they were outside the court room protesting and accusing Bobby of the death of Jimmy Mahlala a former Mbombela municipal speaker.

KAIZER CHIEFS' BOBBY

Bobby Motaung, Kaizer chiefs boss(supersport.com)

Kaizer chiefs released a statement saying that the club had no knowledge of Bobbys involvement in the building of the Mbombela stadium and that this is a personal matter and the team will not be involved in any way as this does not affect the team in any way.

As much as the club feels that this is a personal matter that wont have an effect on the team, I feel that this whole Bobby scandal will affect the team in the following way:

• The clubs image will be damaged as Bobby is the face of  kaizer chiefs and anything he does goes back to the team
• Such bad publicity is not good for the team
• Kaizer chiefs is a brand and it gets affected if any of its members get bad publicity expecially the ones in the public eye
• Fans might start questioning the entire senior management of Kaizer Chiefs

Fraud in football seem to have become a serious problem, and if Bobby is to be acquitted of the fraud charges and reinstated as Kaizer Chiefs C.E.O, Kaizer Chiefs might loose some fans and people might see kaizer chiefs as an organisatiion that welcomes fraud.

WILL ROBIN SIGN ON THE DOTED LINE

With only a week left before the new season kicks off, the Dutch born striker Robin Van Persie has yet to decide which team to sign up with.

Robin Van Persie at Arsenal

The former Arsenal player is still club-less at the moment, with only three weeks left before the transfer window closes the seem to be only one team left in the hunt for this talented football player, this is after Manchester City and Juventers failed to meet the financial requirements of the Dutch international. According to the Manchester evening news , Manchester united is moving closer to sealing the deal with Van Persie.
Even Manchester United's most lethal striker Wayne Rooney has outlined his hopes that he may soon be playing alongside Van Persie, when he told the Manchester news that Dutchman would be a great addition to the Red Devils(Manchester United) squad.

My main concern however is whether the Dutch international will be able to adapt to uniteds style of play and whether Manchester United can afford the services of the Dutchman, seeing that the team is already in debt, is this truly a good move on the part of United financially?. Van Persie rejected Arsenals offer to renew his contract with weekly wages of 130.000 euros a week and a 5 million signing bonus, with the believe that he can get twice the amount if he were to sign with a different team. Wayne Rooney earns 220.000 euros in weekly wages and that is the amount that Van Persie is looking to get or more. Is Robin Van Persie worth
  220.000 euros a week though?

 WHAT A DEADLY COMBINATION THIS COULD BE

From left: Arsenals Van Persie and United's Wayne Rooney

SHEVCHENKO TURNS TO POLITICS

Former ukraine national football team captain Andriy Shevchencko bids faiwell to the football world. (picasaweb.com)

Ukranian born football striker Andriy Shevchenko( 35) has decided to hang his soccer boots and persue a future in politics. The 35 year old said in  the Dynamo Keiv website that his future will not be linked with football in any way and that he hopes for the support of everyone who has supported him throughout his football career.
The move to plitics does not come as a shock to many, seeing that in Ukrain most celebrities turn to politics when they reach a certain age.

•  The likes of former world heavyweight boxing champion Vitali Klitschko, who started his own political party
• Viktor Yanukovych who is a critic for the Ukraine president
• The Ukraine coach Oleh Blokhin has served as the MP to the president

 Although it may seem like a norm that Ukraine celebrities carry and that maybe Shevchenko made the right decision in going with politics,My main concern however is whether this is the right move to make, seeing that most footballers who take this transition turn to stain their reputation, because politics is a very dirty game. One might might also argue that Shevchencko is a already a public figure and already has a puiblic role and that it may be that politics is the best way he can serve that.

Shevchenko will be joining the social democratic party and the role he will be playing at this political party is yet to be announced.

SHEVCHENKO DURING HIS GLORY DAYS AT FOOTBALL CLUB CHELSEA

 Andriy Shevchenko at chelsea(sport360.com)



TEKO FINALLY GETS RECOGNITION

 A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY

Mamelodi Sundowns medlefielder Teko Modise

Mamelodi Sundowns midlefielder and South African international Teko Modise has being given a once in a life time opportunity, the chance to play in a once off match with some of the worlds legends in football. He has being chosen to partictipate in a charity match in Nigeria organised by a sports and consultancy company, Macthmakers Consult Internationals.

Teko will play alongside the likes of former world players of the year and world cup winners Zinedin Zidane ( France) and Ronaldinho (Brazil). According to the Nigerian Football Association, the matchs objective is to draw attention to the problem of human trafficking in football. Other legends will include the likes of Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'O, Emmanuel Adebayor, Jay jay Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu http://www.kickoff.com/. In an interview with kickoff.com, Modise said that this came as a shock to him and that it is an honour to him that he is being given such an opportunity. 

 Thiis invitation brings the following conclusions to  mind :

• South African football is starting to be recognised globally.
• South african players are capable of playing against some of the best players in the world.
• And that Teko Modise's form has improvec so much that he is recognised ad compared to global soccer legends. 

I feel a sense of pride as a South African football fan, knowing that one of our own is going to take centre stage with some of the biggest names in football. It is a great opportunity for Modise and a great image builder for South African football globally.

FROM WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR TWO YEARS IN A ROW TO BENCH WARMER AT REAL MADRID

KAKA IN HIS GLORY DAYS

Former AC milan now Real Madrid midlilefielder Kaka.(dailymail.co.uk)

Former world footballer of the year Ricardo Izecson do Santos Leite, commonly known as Kaka was once one of the biggest names in football. Currently playing for Spanish league giants Real Madrid Kaka has not seen enough game time which has resulted in his perfomance dropping. 

This past week Kaka was part of the Madrid side that lost to Bayern Munich in a Uefa championship semi-final match at Madrids home ground the Santiago Bernabeu. His perfomance was poor and lacked the quality that he is known to produce on the field. Kaka had said before that he wanted to leave the Madrid camp and go play elswhere as he was not getting game time at Real Madrid, this after recieving descent offers from Manchester United, Arsenal and his former team AC Milan http://www.soccernews.com/. Although Kaka felt that he needed to move his coach at Madrid, Jose Mourinho feels that the team still needs Kaka and has not agreed to release Kaka from his contruct.

KAKA STILL LEFT ON THE SIDE LINES

Real Madrid midlefielder Kaka warming the bench with fellow team mate Esteban Granero. (fifa.com)

 I think that it's time Kaka left Real Madrid seeing that the more he stays there, the faster his career will go down the drain and I do not see any point in Jose refusing to release him if he keeps him on the bench half the time, he is killing Kakas' talent and Kaka is not getting any younger.
 It has come to my attention that most coaches both locally and internationally hold players to contructs although they are not using them, this to me kills players' talents hence Kakas current form. We might argue that maybe Kaka is not as good as he once was and that Jose putting him on the bench is not to blame for the way Kaka has being perfoming lately.

KOMPHELA FOR BAFANA BAFANA

WILL HE GET THE JOB DONE

Free State Stars former coach now bafana bafana assistant coach, Steve Komphela(kaliwiseonline.com)

It has being comfirmed that Steve Komphela a former South African premier soccer league coach has being appointed as the new South African national team assistant coach. With his recent achievements at club side Free State Stars I think he is the right man to help bring positive change to the South African national team , with the recent drop in wins and goals at the national team Komphela is for me the man to bring his experience and style of coaching to the benefit of the national team.

For me the appointment of Komphela is a ray of light at the end of the tunnel for Bafana Bafana, however it concerns me that Komphela does not have any silverware on his reputation as a South African coach. At a press conference held in Sandton this past week the current South African national team head coach Pitso Mosimane said that the appointment of Komphela is indeed a good one and he will work well with him by his side. The appointment of Komphela to me shows the following character of (SAFA):

• SAFA is starting to recognise the importance of local coaches
• The national team needs a person with local experience in the managenet of the national team,seeing that the current technical didnt have anyone form South Africa.

The combination of Komphela and Mosimane is a promising one and it is about time Local coaches are given a chance at managing the national team.

VV LEFT OUT IN THE COLD

 A CLUBLESS VV

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 Vladimir Vermozovic has indeed being given the matching orders by kaizer chiefs.All eyes are now on Ace khuse who was appointed as caretaker coach at kaizer chiefs untill the end of the season, like Augusto Palacios of Orlando pirates Khuse will head the team till the end of the season. my main concern though is whether this is the right time to bring in a caretaker coach to lead the team

• firstly the team is under a lot of preasure in the league as they are fourth on the PSL log
• secondly will Khuse be able to handle such preasure, because apart from the league there is also the nedbank cup to worry about.
• thirthly I feel that bringing a caretaker coach at this this stage of the league will see kaizer chiefs loose out on both tthe league and the nedbank cup

Replacing VV with a caretaker coach at this stage of the league is not a good idea, chiefs should have let VV finish off the season as it is almost over or got a coach with expirience in the coaching field. As far as the league is concerned, kaizer chiefs are digging their own grave.

Another aspect that comes to mind is the fact that two of the most biggest teams in south african football history(kaizer chiefs and orlando pirates) are being monitored by caretaker coaches, what does that say about south african football. Veteran coach Ted Dimitru went on kick off live and expressed his views on the situation saying that this whole caretaker coaches issue is ubnormal and its not good for the countrykickoff.com.

VETERAN COACH TED DIMITRU SPEAKS HIS MIND

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"It is bad for our top clubs to be coached by people who know they will most definitely be replaced at the end of the season. This just shows how much inferiority is attached to coaching in South Africa and exposes the management of the clubs when it comes to coaching''. I agree with Dimitru's views, to me this situation brings the following conclusions;

• This kind of situation confuses the fans
•   I don't expect to see miracles with the coming in of caretaker coaches  
• This kind of habit of having caretaker coaches will lead to the rest of the world not taking us seriously because this is not expected of the two main teams in the country.

 PSL teams should start taking coaching seriously because the whole caretaker coach issue is a step in the wrong direction.