Daine Klate ponders retirement
Bidvest Wits midfielder Daine Klate has revealed that he is already preparing for life after football at the age of 33.
MTN 8 Last Man Standing, Daine Klate of Bidvest Wits during the 2016/17 PSL Awards at the Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg South Africa on 10 July 2017 ©Muzi Ntombela/BackpagePix
Klate says he has already moved his wife and children to his hometown of Port Elizabeth in preparation for when he hangs up his boots.
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“I am in the backend of my career, I am 33 now, so six years left,” Klate told Metro FM.
“The transition is difficult, fortunately I am in contact with Stanton Fredericks talking about an exit strategy.
“All the guys that were in the prime of their careers when I started out are retiring, and I am speaking to them a lot off the field.
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“I can see the transition is very difficult, waking up every morning to go to training and all of a sudden you are not going anymore,” Klate continued.
“So I am already preparing myself, I have already set my wife and kids up in PE where I am from, there have been there for the third year. I don’t want my transition to affect them.
“We have already bought a house there and they have set up everything there. I am also working on not being dependent on football in PE, I think the economy in PE is waiting to grow. And the cost of living is less than in Joburg, but I don’t know exactly when I will be moving there. Once I am done playing,” concluded the former Orlando Pirates and SuperSport United star.
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