Pitso Mosimane’s agent and wife Moira Tlhagale has hit back at those trying to bad mouth her client and his technical team in Iran, saying not paying them was just disrespectful.
This comes after a Technical Director and Chief Executive Officer at Mosimane’s former side Esteghlal labelled him as a “false legend who brought nothing to the Iranian side” after the coach and his technical team parted ways with the club due to unpaid salaries.
Tlhagale told iDiski Times senior writer Matshelane Mamabolo in edition 192 of the newspaper that she doesn’t understand where the negativity comes from and though her camp is not really concerned with what people say, what remains is that her clients were disrespected.
“I don’t know what the beef is there because that ex-CEO was fired,” Tlhagale told iDiski Times.
“And I believe it was because it became clear the coach was not paid, and they brought in a new [leadership] team. As for the Technical Director, we’ve never met a Technical Director, so I don’t know who that guy is.
“We are not going to be commenting on what people are saying and maybe they are protecting themselves from the supporters to make us look bad. The fact of the matter is the coach got to Iran and the team improved. The coach was committed to being there.
“There were new players that came in during the transfer open window. Why would you bring in new players and then leave?
“But the reality is you cannot just stay in a place where there are stories about your salaries. They can’t leave South Africa and go to Iran and not be paid. It is as simple as that, and for me, it is total disrespect.”
