South African football legend Mlungisi 'Professor' Ngubane has characterized SAFA president Danny Jordaan as 'a nice person', but has also raised a red flag about what his biggest mistake has been.
Ngubane discussed why local football might be better off without Jordaan at the helm.
He stated that the Mzansi football mother body's boss biggest mistake was surrounding himself with individuals who had never played the game.
Currently, thee 73-year-old is out on bail following his arrest on charges of fraud and theft last week.
"Danny Jordaan is a nice guy. When you speak to him, he listens, but after that, he doesn't do what you ask him to do," Ngubane tells KickOff.com.
"His main problem has been surrounding himself with 'yes-men' and 'yes-women'. He has never been willing to work with former professional footballers as other countries do.
"We need some of the country's legends to be involved in the running of South African football. Do you mean to tell me that out of all the former players, none of us understands the game?
"Replacing him as SAFA president would be easy because there are many capable individuals who could take over," he adds.
The former dribbling wizard is of the view that nobody is irreplaceable when it's time for them to go.
"To be honest, I don't know of anything particularly bad Danny has done. It's just that during his tenure, he never gave former professional players a chance to work with him.
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"The only former Bafana Bafana player currently with SAFA is Helman Mkhalele. He is the only one who has been built to be where he is now.
"Danny never really looked out for us former professional players, and that's my opinion."