With so much that's been said about Sipho Mbule, agent Mike Makaab has opened up about whether or not it would be easy to find the talented player a club for next season.
Mbule has become a free agent after Mamelodi Sundowns did not come forward to exercise the option in the player's contract by the deadline which was set.
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Sundowns were meant to communicate by May 31, but the Tshwane giants did not show any interest in keeping the midfielder who was out on loan to Sekhukhune United for the past season.
While he was with Sekhukhune, there were two alleged incidents of misconduct that needed management to step in, with the last one leading to his departure from Babina Noko. Makaab, though, says what's been reported in the media is far from the truth.
"The sad thing is that it's crazy. When somebody has a 'tag', they seem to be the target of most of the negativity that prevails in the industry. It's crazy. What I am saying to you is that if it were one player with a so-called clean reputation and another player with a sketchy reputation and they did the same thing, you wouldn't hear about the player with the clean reputation. I say this honestly because I have been in the industry for 28 years and I've seen it with my own eyes," Makaab said to Soccer Laduma.
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"I can tell you that yes, Sipho maybe isn't perfect. But I can also tell you that what has been reported is far from the truth. I'd rather not divuldge any further because I would then be implicating people and I don't want to implicate people. What you've read about his so-called misbehaviour leaves a lot to be desired. And I'm not protecting him."
Mbule has been linked with Soweto giants Kaizer Chiefs and indications are that AmaZulu could be looking at the possibility of signing him.
