Malesela explains Chippa return

However, the former Orlando Pirates defender made a shock return to the Chilli Boys this week.

“I’m happy to have returned to Chippa. There was a lot of things that I had set myself for [before being sacked] besides the club’s expectations. I’m one who doesn’t like leaving a club having not achieved anything, in terms of cups and all,” said Malesela.

“So this [the return] gives me the chance to fulfil my goals, but that would depend on the kind of squad we assemble. A lot of players are leaving the club, so we need to see what we have and be realistic and say, look, we can achieve 1, 2, 3,” added Malesela.

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Malesela admitted it didn’t take a lot of effort for the club to convince him to come back.

“We didn’t deliberate too much, we didn’t take long to reach an agreement. You know, when you leave a club, then some dissatisfaction, but when I was at home, I thought about what Chippa the club and Chippa the owner had done for me. And for that I think I owe the man a lot.

“He [Chippa Mpengesi] is the only one who has recognised me as a PSL coach.”

Malesela described his time away from football coaching as “very tough”.

“There were people who were insinuating that I don’t miss football, they thought I’m well off, I don’t know why. Maybe they thought my wife is rich or something. But I don’t really depend on my wife.

“I struggled a lot. It’s been very difficult,” commented Malesela.

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