“No‚ no. They never negotiated. We gave them an offer‚ they rejected it‚ and that’s it. There were no negotiations – they left.”
Amakhosi’s football manager said Ekstein was released now‚ and not at the end of the season‚ because Middendorp’s aim is to begin building for next season‚ so it makes sense to release players who will not be part of those plans.“All those players‚ there contracts are up. The coach is preparing the team for next season. So rather use players who we are going to be there next season.
“We have started the process of looking at players who we want to bring in. And those who are going‚ we would rather release them now‚ also for them to have time to find clubs.”Motaung strongly suggested that the player left Amakhosi more by his own will than that of the club. “I saw him happy‚ the day before yesterday when we called him [for the meeting]. And even yesterday. He left with a smile‚” Motaung said.
“Even yesterday on TV [in an interview on Robert Marawa’s Thursday Night Live on SuperSport] you could see he was not a sad player. He was not angry.
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