AmaZulu FC have strongly refuted allegations of possible player revolt at the club and described reports indicating otherwise as baseless. When he entered into an agreement with the then owner of the club, Dr. Patrick Sokhela, in 2020 to take 100% ownership of the Premier Soccer League status of the KwaZulu-Natal outfit, Usuthu president Sandile Zungu was clear about his vision for the club to succeed. Since then, he has been making strides to awaken the sleeping giant of South African football. Some of the top players and coaches have been brought in over the course of the 30-month period of his leadership and the results have been there for everyone to see after the side finished in second place on the log in the 2020/21 season, thus qualifying for the CAF Champions League. However, in recent weeks there have been allegations of a potential player revolt at the club against head coach Romain Folz. It has been alleged that some of the senior players have acted in a way deemed to be below par in their performances to influence the results negatively and for the blame to be pointed towards the French- Moroccan coach. AmaZulu deny these allegations! The Siya crew investigates the latest developments in the Usuthu camp with regards to the relationship between the 32-year-old coach and his charges.
What The Siya Crew Has Been Told…
AmaZulu FC have entrusted Romain Folz to lead the team to success as part of the club’s Vision 2032 under boss, Sandile Zungu. However, it has emerged that there could be hiccups along the way, according to insiders. Like in any group situation, sometimes team members do not always agree on certain aspects of how work should be done, and this seems to be what has transpired at the KwaZulu-Natal side. According to well-placed sources, elements of alleged sabotage might have creeped in, which could be a result of inconsistency in getting the results. Usuthu were booted out of the Nedbank Cup by ABC Motsepe League outfit Dondol Stars and lost to Stellenbosch FC in their most recent match before the FIFA international break. “You can expect denials, but all is not well between the players and the coach at AmaZulu. It’s not all the players but the senior guys and there has been an element of disrespect and working against the coach,” said the source. “But the coach is having everything under control. Yes, this coach is young, but he doesn’t take nonsense. Before the match against Stellenbosch, some players started cheating. One said he was sick and the other said he was injured, and all those kinds of things. That’s the same thing they did with Brandon Truter,” the source added. “Just after the Stellenbosch match, one of the senior players called the president and wanted a meeting. It was a huge conspiracy just to get rid of the coach. There is a certain coach that some of the senior players want and are trying to do everything to get rid of the current coach. Folz is very professional and is trying his best, but there have been matches that he has been cost by the referees’ mistakes. He has got the backing of the club president and the management,” the source concluded.
