‘Only financial fair play can neutralise Sundowns’

If the Premier Soccer League (PSL) continues without financial fair play, no one except Mamelodi Sundowns will win the league.

This is the view of former goalkeeper Brian Baloyi, who said teams can do whatever they want but will never beat Sundowns for the DStv Premiership title in years to come.

Sundowns have dominated SA football, winning the league title five times in succession and are on course for their sixth this season.

“My honest opinion is, there will never be anyone that will compete with Sundowns for as long as things are the way they are. Sundowns will keep on winning the league until something like what happened in England happens here,” Baloyi explained to the media during the Hollywoodbets function in Johannesburg, where they unveiled Teko Modise as their new ambassador.

“What is happening here is what Chelsea used to do back in the days [in the English Premiership] and then other clubs started wanting to do it but Uefa came with financial fair play.

“But if we don’t have financial fair play, no one will win the league [except Sundowns], they can try whatever Sundowns do, the simple things.”

Sundowns have been heavily criticised for buying every best player available in the market to weaken their rivals. Now they are believed to be interested in Khanyiso Mayo – and that will eliminate Cape Town City’s strength.

“By the end of the first round whoever is second and third ... they buy your players and cripple you and you are not going to compete, and they have been doing it consistently,” he said. “When we talk about PSL football you always look at other things but you don’t address the real issues.”