Thousands of Mamelodi Sundowns followers can be left appalled by this, for Lyle Lakay was adored by the Kabo Yellow trustworthy on the Lucas Moripe Stadium.
The 31-year-old has revealed he was caught unawares by his exit out of the DStv Premiership champions final week.
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LYLE LAKAY LEAVES MAMELODI SUNDOWNS
Following the membership’s shocking signing of Terrence Mashego from Cape Town City this month, all eyes have been on Sundowns to disclose which of the membership’s older three left-backs can be making approach.
None of us anticipated final season’s Defender of the Season Lakay. The best guess was the returning Sifiso Ngobeni fairly than Aubrey Modiba.
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LAKAY REVEALS SHOCKING NEWS
Sundowns did ultimately make what was a shocking resolution by releasing the 31-year-old Lakay to rejoin his former membership City final week.
So how did all of it occur? The occasions are extra shocking than the precise resolution to switch the previous Bloemfontein Celtic and SuperSport United star.
According to Lakay, he was out of the blue instructed he wanted to organize and go away for Cape Town.
“Everybody says this move came as a surprise. It was a shock to me too,” Lakay instructed SAFM‘s main journalist Thabiso Mosia.
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“One minute I used to be in JHB after which I used to be instructed the following day I need to get able to go to Cape Town. It wasn’t my resolution in any respect and City was the membership I used to be instructed I’m going to.
“There were no other options offered. I would have liked to stay and fight for my place. I did so when Aubrey came, Ngobeni, and others but like I said it wasn’t my decision. Maybe things were made easier by the fact that I’m returning to a former club and I’ve made peace with it,” the Athlone-raised participant added.
“I additionally wish to be clear that this transfer wasn’t a part of the cope with Mashego. If it was the case, it might have been introduced on the similar time. But this transfer got here days after that announcement of Mashego. So the strikes should not linked.
“To be honest I didn’t really speak to the coaches. Coach Rulani was the only one I spoke to but there was no real reason. He just said the club is moving in another direction and that was it. So like I said, it wasn’t my decision,-” Lyle Lakay on leaving Sundowns.
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