Former Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns star George Lebese has explained why he feels he disappointed the club's football manager Bobby Motaung.
Lebese, now 36, dominated headlines when he completed a shock move from boyhood club Amakhosi to rivals Sundowns back in 2017.
The move, on a pre-contractual agreement, was as much of a surprise to the Soweto giants' hierarchy as it was to both sets of supporters.
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Speaking on 947's MSW on Monday, Lebese revealed that he felt he had let down Motaung, who had roped him in from the then Vodacom League (now ABC Motsepe League) side Arcadia Shepherds in 2008.
"For me, like I said, Bobby took me by hand from Mamelodi and I still remember our last conversation, vividly," Lebese recalled.
"I was sitting across from him and he put a paper (on the table), a contract renewal.
"I said to him: 'I'm not renewing', and I still remember how his face looked. He was in shock because he did not see that coming.
"So, looking back at how everything went, It was like: 'Ah, what have I done to at least this human being that has changed my life?'
""So, I have always been apologetic about it towards him. I think I sent him messages about two weeks after I signed, I sent him messages to apologise.
"I met with him once, I apologised again.
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"I feel like that's one person that I disappointed."
Lebese ranks among the select few stars that made shock switches from Chiefs to Sundowns. The list includes George Maluleka and Brian Baloyi.