Shalulile should only accept offers from overseas - Molefe
FORMER Mamelodi Sundowns top striker Russel Molefe has urged Namibian talismanic striker Peter Shalulile to leave DStv Premiership champions Sundowns only if an offer from overseas comes his way.
Shalulile has spent just one season with the Sundowns and sensationally helped the club win their fourth straight Premier Soccer League (PSL) title. The impressive 27-year-old Namibian star was named Footballer of the Season and Players’ Player of the Season – and as a result, he continues to be linked with North African giants Al Ahly of Egypt.
Molefe, a former frontman for Sundowns, believes Shalulile can still offer a lot to the Pretoria outfit and urged him to remain with the PSL champions, should an offer from a club outside the continent not come his way.
“For me, Peter has done wonderful this season at Sundowns, but I still believe he can do more if he can stay at least another season. For him to leave, no...I wish him to stay another season at Sundowns.
What he did was not a fluke. Sundowns are on another level. Their game is set at another level. There is no better team than Sundowns in Africa. I don’t think so. Yeah, maybe overseas – if the offer is okay for him and the club, then he can leave. But to move to another African club, I don’t think it will be a great idea,” Molefe told KickOff.com.
In a recent interview, Mamelodi Sundowns coach Manqoba Mngqithi explained why the Namibian had an impressive debut season with the champions.
“[Peter] is a very selfless individual – somebody who works for the team, gives everything to the team – and for that, I regard him highly, and whatever he has achieved in football is at the back of the person he is,” Mngqithi stated.