Orlando Pirates coach Milutin Sredojevic says he would have slapped Bongani Zungu if the Bafana Bafana midfielder was one of his former players and had made the inflammatory comments he posted on Twitter a few days ago. Zungu‚ a former Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder who now plays for Amiens in Ligue 1 in France‚ controversially took to Twitter last week and insinuated that Pirates assistant coach Rulani Mokwena was the real boss at the Premier Soccer League leaders. The comment suggested that Sredojevic was not the brains behind Pirates’ impressive start to the season and it was in fact his close friend Mokwena who deserved the credit. Zungu suggested in the same tweet that Mokwena had a similar influence — if not a greater one — at former club Sundowns, where he served as head coach Pitso Mosimane’s assistant before moving to Pirates at the start of last season. The tweet sparked a furious reaction. Zungu eventually backed down, apologising on the same social media platform that he h...
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