Qualify for the World Cup or ELSE! Gayton warns Danny Jordaan
“I’m not a man that gets overpowered and gets impressed with words,” Gayton McKenzie tells Danny Jordaan and Safa.
Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie has given the South African Football Association(Safa) president Danny Jordaan two deliverables.
Speaking to the media at Monday’s Nedbank handover of the multi-purpose sports court, the minister highlighted several issues he was dissatisfied with concerning Safa under Jordaan’s leadership.
Gayton’s ultimatum to Danny Jordaan was that Bafana needed to qualify for the upcoming Afcon and FIFA World Cup.
“I don’t have full confidence, I’ve got full confidence in the rugby at the moment because full confidence can’t come with talk, it comes with results. I’ve got full confidence in the rugby because the results are there for us to see. The results aren’t there with the soccer, the results aren’t there with the hockey,” Mckenzie said.
Gayton not happy with Danny Jordaan and SAFA
“I’m not a man that gets overpowered and gets impressed with words, I like action. I told the man that you are talking about, Dr Danny Jordaan, and I told Safa, I gave them two deliverables. I’m the ultimate accounting authority when it comes to football and sport in this country,” McKenzie said as per GOAL.
“I said to them, qualify for the (Fifa) World Cup, qualify for the Africa Cup of Nations. I’m giving them all the support now but I can’t be giving people support until kingdom come, that aren’t performing.
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When Gayton was appointed sports minister in July, some fans asked for the removal of Danny Jordaan. The Safa president has been at the helm for a decade but many feel he has done little to improve local football.
“A country like ours, qualify for the World Cup, qualify for Afcon, those things are not even difficult, McKenzie added.
“Burkina Faso and those countries that don’t have our type of money in sport (are qualifying). Do you know that we are the most funded league on the African continent, the PSL? How come we can’t win Afcon? How come we can’t be accepted (qualify) for the World Cup?
“We mustn’t accept mediocrity, I’m going to make sure I’m public about it, they know it. For now, they(Jordaan and Safa) have my support but soon if they don’t qualify, we must get people who can qualify,” said Gayton.
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