Player welfare, national duty sacrificed at football gluttony altar: 'It's not good, not normal'

26 Apr

Njabulo Ngidi

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Mamelodi Sundowns coach Rhulani Mokwena says the expanding football calendar could lead to players no longer wanting to play for their national teams. (Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

Mamelodi Sundowns' coach Rhulani Mokwena and his Esperance counterpart, Miguel Cardoso, have a predicted a grim future for the beautiful game in which quality will drop and representing one's country will lose its value.

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