What are the facts?

Before going out on loan to Maritzburg in 2018, Downs handed Makgalwa a five-year contract, which was due to expire at the end of June 2023. The deal was a three-year one, with an option to extend it for a further two seasons. Currently training with the club’s ABC Motsepe

“I was following his progress when he was in the Diski Challenge, and I liked what he was doing there. At the time, I thought his future was bright, but I think discipline might have affected him over the last few years. I think that if he had a lot more discipline, things would be different for him. In my opinion, it

League side M-Tigers, the 26-year-old is understood to not have too many options on the table, a concern for him as he would still like to play his football in the PSL. The Brazilians’ aim of sending the player out on loan was to help him improve his game and give him an will be difficult for him to bounce back at the moment because the mentality does not seem to be at the right place.

“Time is also moving. This boy was supposed to follow in the footsteps of players like Percy Tau. If he was focused, then he would be far. Another thing is that I feel young players at times opportunity to convince the technical team that he deserves a shot at playing regularly at the star-studded side. But the diminutive attacker did not use those opportunities and it drastically decreased his chances of returning to the first team at Sundowns.

The Siya crew spoke to a top agent in SA to get their expert understanding on what’s going on with one of South Africa’s most talented players whose career is at risk of going south. For obvious reasons, the agent will remain anonymous.

get a lot of money and I think there has to be a way where a portion of a young player’s salary is held back so that they can grow. I think it will be difficult for him to make a return because of that mentality that ‘I am from Sundowns’. He has to work hard like some of the other players. Whenever he went on loan, Sundowns were paying the salary or part of the salary, so it was like Sundowns were doing him a favour. If you don’t have a budget, Sundowns are able to pay a (loaned out) player’s salary. I saw this with Venda Football Academy (now Venda FC) and at Black Leopards, when Sundowns had loaned players to that team.

Sometimes that does not help a player. So, I am just worried that he might not be able to bounce back. And sometimes it’s important who your agent is. You need to sit down with these players and show them the future. I have players who open up to me and I am able to advise them on their careers.”