Three-time CAF Champions League winning coach Dr. Pitso Mosimane says Rulani Mokwena must ‘be very careful’ in his journey in North Africa.
Mokwena has signed a three-year deal with Wydad Athletic Club after his surprise parting of ways with Mamelodi Sundowns where he won the league and African Football League in the 2023/24 season.
Mosimane took a similar route from the Brazilians to Al Ahly where he won two bronze medals at the FIFA Club World Cup and two African Champions League titles before adventures into Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
While he’s yet to communicate with Mokwena since moving to The Red Castle, he suggested that he needs to be media-shy and focus on the task at hand, as the space is not the same as is the case in South Africa.
“I haven’t spoken to Rulani, let him settle, if he needs anything, he knows, we are friends, and he can call… you know how I felt when he left [Sundowns], I said my part, I didn’t feel good but now he’s at Wydad, there you are, that’s a big club on the continent,” Mosimane told the media.
“Those clubs are [the] top four clubs in Africa, you can’t ignore them. He will still come here and meet Orlando Pirates, meet Kaizer Chiefs, and Mamelodi Sundowns. He will settle but needs to be a little but smart, the culture is not the same as South Africa.
“He will learn fast [because] there you have to be a little bit calm, it’s different, it’s not like here, because once you don’t do well, it becomes a problem.
He added: “I think the interviews, Rulani is always in the media, I see he is enjoying the space there, he must be very careful of that space, it’s a difficult space, it’s not an easy space, trust me I know it you must be scarce from the media there [in North Africa].”
