STAYING PUT

EVIDENCE MAKGOPA DREAMED OF A CAREER OVERSEAS, BUT A NEW THREE- YEAR CONTRACT AT ORLANDO PIRATES SUGGESTS THAT MAY NOT HAPPEN

- By Mazola Molefe

Orlando Pirates will celebrate having secured the signature of one of their important players over the last three seasons, but for Evidence Makgopa perhaps the dream of moving abroad is slowly fading.

The lanky striker has put pen to paper on a new three-year contract and recommitted his future to the Soweto giants even as coach Jose Riveiro exited and moved on to Al Ahly.

Prior to Pirates signing Makgopa from Baroka FC and loaning him back to the Limpopo outfit, the Bafana Bafana international was poised for a stint abroad following several enquiries.

Reports linked the player with a possible transfer to Israel before AGF in Denmark tabled an offer of around R10 million, which strangely was rejected by Baroka in favour of selling both Makgopa and Goodman Mosele for significantly less.