SuperSport United CEO Stan Matthews admits they stood their ground with Mamelodi Sundowns over the loan condition of Ricardo Goss.
Goss was ineligible to face his parent club over his two-year loan spell, and while Matthews confirmed they respect Sundowns for their decision-making and terms, this time around they stood their ground in the latest loan agreement.
Goss returns to SuperSport and Nyiko Mobbie joined on a permanent deal in a transfer that saw Kegan Johannes move in the opposite direction to Chloorkop.
“I said if he couldn’t play against them there was no deal,” Matthews stated when asked how they managed to agree on being able to field Goss against Sundowns during his loan.
“I can’t [continue] fielding a second-best team when I play Sundowns, it’s not good for my club, it’s not good for the brand, it can’t be that every time I’m going into a big game my players and everyone is saying ah this one can’t play, that one can’t play.
“That’s why I didn’t take any other players on loan from Sundowns, for that very reason but with Ricardo I dug my heels in and I think it’s the right thing. If he’s not good enough to play for Sundowns why are you worried playing against you?
“So for me, I can’t keep undermining my club and I’m going to draw Sundowns in the cup with second best team, I wanna try and at least win a trophy this year, and if it can’t be the league over 30 games, because it’s unlikely, I need to target cups.”
The 30-year-old Bafana Bafana goalkeeper has featured 57 times for Matsatsansa over the past two seasons conceding 55 goals and keeping 19 clean sheets.
