hMamelodi Sundowns head coach Manqoba Mngqithi has yet again been tasked with providing answers in matters to Teboho Mokoena and Khuliso Mudau.
Mokoena and Mudau have not been involved in Sundowns' last four matches, raising a myriad of suggestions – some bordering on sabotage – about why they have not been selected.
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For the two CAF Champions League matches against the lightweight challenge of Mbabane Swallows, their omission was justified, but they have also not been in the matchday squad for the two Betway Premiership matches played so far.
Ahead of the league blockbuster against Kaizer Chiefs on Saturday, Mngqithi was asked again and had to throw a jab in his response.
"I think Sundowns has a lot of big players.
"So, all the big players are playing and I'm happy with what they have offered this far," says Mngqithi, whose team has won all four in the absence of the two, with Rivaldo Coetzee and Thapelo Morena getting the job done.
"They [Mokwena and Mudau] are always part of the selection process.
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"There is no match where they were never part of the selection process.
"We just have to make those decisions sometimes, but they are there, they are competing, they are fit, and anything can happen," says Mngqithi.