Stellenbosch FC head coach Gavin Hunt has compared the situation of Thabo Moloisane with George Maluleka before he left Kaizer Chiefs.
Earlier this week Stellenbosch FC CEO Rob Benadie explained that the club offered the defender a new contract but he hasn’t signed it yet and he could sign a pre-contract with a team of his choice.
Despite the comments by the Benadie, Hunt says he sticks to his principles of allowing players to honor their contracts.
The veteran coach made an example with Chiefs when they decided not to play Maluleka when he agreed to a pre-contract with Mamelodi Sundowns in 2019 and ended up losing the league on the last day.
“I know a lot of coaches do it differently,” the veteran coach stated.
“I mean, I can think of Kaizer Chiefs, and they got rid of George Maluleka because he signed another contract and they were going to win the league. Are you crazy? You just got to keep playing,” Hunt told the media.
“So I call the shots. I say, ‘You either play here or you go now’. So I said to him and another player, ‘Give me your all, and otherwise, you go’.
“The football Gods will get you if you cheat the game. Now, you’ll cheat when you go to your next club, won’t you? So do it properly here.
“I don’t know if he signed or not, or what’s going on, but any player who comes to the end of their contract has to look out for their own personal interests.
“I understand that, but play properly, and football will look after you. I always believe that. So he gave me his word. I said, ‘Okay, fine, you’ll play’, because I could have banished him, you know, just said, ‘Look, you’re not going to play’. But I don’t like to do that.
“I’ve won many leagues with players without a contract coming to the end and told them they must play.”
