Mamelodi Sundowns has terminated its relationship with striker Tokelo Rantie with immediate effect after he had gone AWOL for a month.
On Sunday Mamelodi Sundowns announced that following an internal disciplinary process, the club terminated his contract.
The club says that the former Bafana Bafana international and Bournemouth striker, Tokelo Rantie was signed by the Brazilians after spending a lengthy period of over two and a half months on trial at Chloorkop as he was given a chance to regain his fitness and showcase the talent he possesses.
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Despite the faith shown in him by Head Coach Pitso Mosimane and his Technical team, Rantie’s discipline let him down and he failed to grab the opportunity granted to him, especially since the Brazilians were needing a goal-poacher of his calibre, considering that many of the strikers in the squad had been injured at some time or another,” reads a statement by Mamelodi Sundowns.
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Yogesh Singh, the Club’s Legal Executive confirmed the termination and said ” The standard at Sundowns is high for a professional footballer and there is a zero-tolerance for ill-discipline. Of course, players are human and we will first go through counseling to correct a player’s behavior but there is a line and when that is crossed we do not compromise the dressing-room for any individual player.”
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Sundowns says that during the past few seasons, the Premiership champions have cracked the whip on ill-disciplined players and have released players including Musi Mashaba and Siyabonga Zulu, amongst others.
The 29-year-old Rantie joined Sundowns in September as a free agent but failed to make any official starts for the Brazilians.
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On Saturday Mamelodi Sundowns got the job done in Durban with an emphatic 3-0 win over Amazulu at Moses Mabhida Stadium and closed the gap down to 4 points on the Absa Prem Log.
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