Vilakazi not doing Wits any favours as Sundowns close in on championship

THE NO was so loud and resounding that his former colleagues in Milpark probably heard Sibusiso Vilakazi in Chloorkop yesterday saying he doesn’t have any emotional attachments to Wits ahead of their clash with Mamelodi Sundowns at Loftus Versfeld tomorrow.

The former Clever Boys’ captain signed for the Brazilians last season and missed out on his first league title as Wits ended an almost century-long title drought without him while Sundowns finished with no trophy in the domestic scene. However, the 28-year-old doesn’t regret the move because at Sundowns he won the Caf Super Cup, played in the Fifa Club World Cup and next month he will take part in the group stage of the Caf Champions League for the first time in his career.

“That’s gone (that I left Wits and they won the league), you can’t control it,” Vilakazi said. “I left and they won the league. It wasn’t in my hands. They won it. We applauded them because they deserved the league. Now what matters is the moment. At the moment we are on top. At the moment it is us who are trying to get the three points and at the moment it’s us who are trying to work hard and pace ourselves so that we can win the league. Winning the league would mean so much for me. It would be the team’s eighth (in the PSL era) and my first.”

VilThere is a growing rivalry between Wits and Sundowns. The two clubs have exchanged some unforgettable jibes. Sundowns’ coach Pitso Mosimane called Wits Stoke City, accusing them of playing one-dimensional football. Wits’ chief executive Jose Ferreira responded by saying that their league triumph was a victory of humility over arrogance.