Bernard Parker spills the tea on bitter Kaizer Chiefs exit
TS Galaxy striker Bernard Parker has revealed some uncomfortable truths about his departure from Kaizer Chiefs final yr.
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Parker left Amakhosi in June 2022 after 11 years with the Soweto giants. The former Bafana Bafana veteran striker scored 64 goals in 359 games. He additionally skippered the facet for 2 seasons. He has made some fascinating revelations about what occurred earlier than he departed from Naturena.
“I was told to go on holiday and then come back and tell them [Chiefs] what I want to do,” stated Parker on Metro FM on Thursday night time.
“I came back and told them what I wanted to do. But I never heard anything back from them. That’s when I had to make certain decisions because I have a family that I need to look after.”
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Parker revealed that different gamers left Chiefs in a similar way.
“Even players that left Chiefs the same way that I left, said ‘Ha, you’re one of us, we thought you would stay on in another role at Chiefs’. Even I was surprised with how things ended at Chiefs,” added Parker.
“I acknowledge that I was done wrong at Chiefs but I moved on,”
“I have tried to take on as much as possible in terms of studying [football and sport-related studies] and preparing myself for life after football,” he said.
Parker has lately accomplished his CAF C Licence as he continues to spend an prolonged spell on the sidelines after sustaining a broken leg after a tackle from Bongani Zungu.
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