Rulani Mokwena has explained why he rebuffed other potential jobs to join Algerian Ligue 1 giants Mouloudia Club d’Alger.
Mokwena has enjoyed an impressive start to life at the reigning Ligue 1 champions as they sit at the summit of the table with three games in hand and earning major plaudits in local media for their fluid style of football this season.
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Mokwena was linked with several clubs on the continent and in the Gulf prior to signing with MCA – which he said was primarily driven by his desire to be back in the CAF Champions League and the talk with President Mohamed Hakim Hadj Redjem.
“Champions League, it was the Champions League, and the President’s talk, I spoke to him a lot, he spoke about the team and wanting to play a certain brand of football, and that was also quite convincing,” Mokwena said in an interview with SAFJA.
“I watched the squad, analysed the games, I felt it was a squad that was settled and could adopt the principles I wanted to develop, but Champions League for sure, I wanted to get back into competing for the Champions League, competing amongst the best teams, best coaches, best players – for me it was a big motivation.
“And even though we had offers from some teams that were also in the Champions League, this was a very appealing, in fact it came at a time where I considered taking it sabbatical, it’s a simple answer.”
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