After excluding 30-year-old playmaker Percy Tau from the Bafana Bafana squad, coach Hugo Broos explained why the playmaker has been left out in the cold.
The Belgian said the playmaker is going through a difficult after speculation over his future at Egyptian club Al Ahly
Local football fans said on social media that Tau's drop in form is due to harsh criticism from supporters, while others feel the player should hang up his international bootsBafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos says Percy Tau has to sort out some issues. Image: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images and Ulrik Pedersen/DeFodi Images.
"Even we fans destroy the players. We only support them when they do good. No one is perfect in this world.""If he wants to quit Bafana Bafana. Let him do so; lately, he has given South Africa absolutely NOTHING.""I think we need to start getting worried about Tau. He is our star player; he is supposed to be in the starting lineup every time."
Broos said he can already see structures being put in place by Nabi, despite the Tunisian only taking charge of three matches since his arrival inJunior Bester is the current Entertainment Writer at Briefly News. He achieved a ND:Journalism at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology in 2012. He worked for Independent Newspapers from 2011 till 2022 covering news, sport, business and entertainment for titles such as Weekend Argus, Cape Argus, Daily Voice and Northern News.
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