Former Orlando Pirates winger Mohau Nkota has revealed why he opted to leave the Buccaneers to join Al Ettifaq, and opened up on his call with Buccaneers chairman Dr. Irvin Khoza.
Nkota, 21, featured for 89 minutes in Ettifaq’s 1-0 defeat to Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr on Wednesday evening, stating on his social channels that it was “a dream come true”.
The Bafana Bafana international, who has started two of the last three games in the Pro League, says he has always wanted to play overseas.
“As Africans, not all of us want to stay in Africa and play in Africa,” he told the Saudi Pro League.
“Most of us want to play overseas. For most of us, that’s our wish, to move at an early age, to get to experience leagues in the other countries.”
‘Then I Got A Call From The Chairman…’
Nkota also opened up how he found out about the potential move while on national duty and how Dr. Khoza basically left it up to him whether he wants to leave his boyhood club.
“I was in the national team camp, and I was called by my agent [saying] there’s a club that I’m going to move to in Saudi,” he explained.
“And then I got a call from the [Orlando Pirates] chairman saying it’s up to me whether I want to go or not. But I was happy about moving here.
“As Africans, we want to move; we want to explore; we want to experience countries and play in those leagues.
“So that’s what I did. I wanted to move; I wanted to go to other countries and play football.”
