Pirates starlet Mofokeng has broken the mentality of SA football

WOULDN'T it be grand were Relebohile Mofokeng to win all the five awards he has been nominated for at the 2024/25 PSL Awards to be held next Tuesday? Imagine, a 20-year-old dominating the country’s football awards.

- MATSHELANE MAMABOLO

The young Orlando Pirates superstar is the most nominated player following a fantastic season in which he carried the Buccaneers on his young shoulders, leading them to yet another runners-up position in the league; victory in the MTN8 as well as a place in the Nedbank Cup final.

Mofokeng will contest the two coveted main prizes — the Footballer of the Year as well as the Player’s Player of the Year awards with both Lucas Ribeiro of Mamelodi Sundowns and Sekhukhune United’s Keletso Makgalwa.

In addition to those awards, the young lad is also in contention for the Betway Premiership Young Player of the Season, the MTN8 Last Man Standing accolade and the Nedbank Cup Most Promising Player.

Already a huge role model for youngsters the country over, Mofokeng will surely get many more boys (and girls) asking their parents to sign them into academies should he win most of those awards.