Times Of Swaziland: DON’T DESPAIR, WE’RE ALIVE - EUROPE BASED DUO

DON’T DESPAIR, WE’RE ALIVE - EUROPE BASED DUO
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BY SANELE JELE on 02/02/2021 09:50:00


MBABANE – After concerns from football stakeholders, Eswatini duo Lwethu
Simelane and Mxolisi Tsabedze, who are based in Slovakia, have assured the
nation that they are alive and well.
The concerns come from their former club bosses, Denver Sundowns’ Mark
Carmichael and Vovovo’s Sipho ‘Tsetla’ Bhembe, who both made it known to
this publication that they were worried about the players, since it’s been a
while since they last heard from them. It was not only them but the football
lovers who have been making enquiries with the Sports Desk on the duo’s
whereabouts as it’s been two years since they left the Kingdom of Eswatini.
Denver Sundowns goalkeeper Simelane and Vovovo’s Tsabedze left the country in
September 2019 to pursue their football career abroad, in Denmark, Europe to be
precise.
However, they landed in Slovakia to try their luck. Their initial move from home
was for a top Danish side but they did not make it to Denmark. The team from
Denmark wanted the duo to join them at the start of the season, which was in
August.
However, the deal was stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic as a result they
could not move from Slovakia, where they are currently with SKO Velka IDA.
The Times Sports Desk tried to track them down and eventually got hold of
Simelane. In an interview via a video call, the Sundowns goalkeeper said
emaSwati should not despair.
“We thank God Almighty that at a time like this, greatly disturbed by a
pandemic He has faithfully kept us alive and kept us in His grace,” he said.
Good
“Well, we are doing good in all aspects. Healthy, injury free and happy. As we
said before, ours is to focus on what we can control as players, and that
consists of our health, fitness, preparation and performance on any given
platform (the field of course),” he added.
When asked about their move to Denmark, he said all questions pertaining their
deal should be directed to their agent, Pastor McDonald.
Efforts to get comments from McDonald were futile as he said he did not want to
talk about this issue in the media. He said if the club bosses were concerned
about the welfare of the players, they should contact him since they had his
mobile number.
Reached for comment Sundowns boss Carmichael admitted they were worried.
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