ICape Town City iqhubekile nokwenza ingxolo enkulu kurhwebo lokuthengisa ngabadlali emva kokuba ibhengeze uKamohelo Mokotjo njengomdlali wayo wethoba phambi kwephulo lika-2024/2025.
I-Cityzens yongeze umdlali owayesakuba yiBafana Bafana kuluhlu lwazo ngaphezulu kwengqokelela yeetalente ezinamava kweli lizwe.UMokotjo oneminyaka engama-33 ubudala ujoyine iCity njengeqela elisimahla emva kokushiya iSekhukhune ekupheleni kwesizini, ejike amatyeli angama-50 kuBabina Noko kwisizini enye enesiqingatha.
Umqeqeshi oyintloko u-Eric Tinkler uye wakongamela ukutyikitywa komdlali wasesiswini wase-Angola uCarlinhos; uHaashim Domingo waseRaja Casablanca, eMorocco; uKayden Francis ophuma kwiChippa United; uFortune Makaringe ophuma kwiOrlando Pirates; INkosana yaseNamibia yamazwe ngamazwe iTjiueza; unozinti weMagesi FC uElson Sithole; umdlali osemva uSibusiso Ziba osuka kwiJDR Stars; kunye nomtsha uLefa Aphane osuka eTzaneen United.Nangona kunjalo, kuMokotjo, ubambe omnye wabadlali ababalaseleyo baseMzantsi Afrika kwesi sizukulwana emva kokudlala kwakhe eNetherlands neFeyenoord, PEC Zwolle neFC Twente, yaseNgilane neBrentford kunye neMajor League Soccer yaseUnited States neFC Cincinnati.
Kwelinye icala leKapa, iChippa United izimisele ukuba yenze intshukumo ebonakalayo ngokwayo ngokuthi ibambe omnye owayesakuba yiBafana kumdlali wasesiswini uAndile Jali, ngokokutsho kweFARpost. Kutshanje iiChilli Boys zibe sematheni ngokukhulula abadlali abalishumi elinesithandathu, uluhlu oluquka intlaninge yabadlali abadala kwaye ngoku kubonakala befuna ukuvala indawo yabo ngokutyikitya uJali oneminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesine ubudala.Igqala lomdlali wasesiswini, ogama lingu “Gattuso”, alinalo iqela ukusukela oko lalishiya iMoroka Swallows ngoJanuwari ngenxa yeengxaki zemali.
Ngokutsho kolu shicilelo, uphakathi kwabadlali abathathu abatsha abasayinileyo nabadlali ababini basePitoli Callies uXolani Sithole (winger) kunye nomdlali wasemva uSamkelo Jali naye okwangoku kwiqela laphambi kokulungiselela isizini.Ukusuka komnye owayesakuba ngumdlali weMamelodi Sundowns ukuya komnye umdlali wasesiswini wase-Argentina, uJunior Mendieta, uye watyikitya ukusuka kwiBrazilians ukuya kwiqela laseGreece iVolos FC ngoLwesine. Lo mdlali oneminyaka engama-31 ubudala walishiya eli qela emva kokuchitha isizini enye, kulandela ukufuduka kwakhe i-R10 yezigidi zeerandi esuka eStellenbosch ngoJulayi ka-2023.Ngexesha lakhe neSundowns, wenze imidlalo engama-29 kulo lonke ukhuphiswano kwaye wafaka amanqaku amabini ngelixa ebhalisa abancedisi abathathu.