Richard Ofori justifiable feels he was aware that a move from Orlando Pirates was bound to happen following what took place towards the end of his four-year stay at the club.
Ofori only played thrice last season with the last of his minutes coming over a year ago after being overtaken by Sipho Chaine as first choice at Pirates.
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This became the worst of the seven years that he has played in South Africa.
The Ghana keeper has since joined AmaZulu FC.
"Most of the time, you need to give yourself time because you can't just jump into opportunities that you like, like 'this one there will be money'. Sometimes you need to take your time and reflect," says Ofori.
"I have done that and have been good.
"I played for Maritzburg (United) and then moved to Pirates and made the impact.
"I knew the moment will come when you have to change places or move, so it wasn't something new to me because I knew the day will come.
"But game-time, it is not about being a bad player, but you need to understand the situation because most of the time once you get injured, it is very hard, especially when the one playing is doing well.
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"Those are the things that some of us understand about the game, so it is not something new.
"One thing about football is that sometimes you leave one club and then you need to get a new opportunity, new experience, new everything, but we know that about football," he adds.