Dylan Bettencourt
UPatrice Mostepe angase abe ngomunye wabantu abahlonishwa kakhulu kwelakuleli ikakhulukazi ebholeni likanobhutshuzwayo futhi inhloso yakhe yokuhamba yedwa phambili imakhela amazinyo abushelelezi.
UMotsepe ungumnikazi weqembu le-Mamelodi Sundowns unguMengameli we-Confederation of African Football (i-CAF) kanjalo negama lakhe kumaligi amabili akuleli.
Muva nje lo sozimali ubizwe ukuthi angenele ahlenge isigaba sesibili sakuleli esilahlekelwe umxhasi walo i-GladAfrica.
I-Premier Soccer League (PSL) imemezele ngoMgqibelo ukuthi isigaba sokuqala sikazwelonke sizobizwa ngeMotsepe Foundation Championship.
Nokuba nelungelo lokuqanjwa kwesigaba sesibili sebhola nesesithathu kwi-ABC Motsepe league siqanjwe ngomnikazi we-Sundowns.
Yize lo sozimali umcebo wakhe ulinganiselwa ku-R41 billion futhi ubonakala eyiqhawe lebhola lakuleli kodwa isikhundla sakhe ebholeni sibonakala sinzima kakhulu.
Ukuba khona kowesilisa oyedwa othatha izinqumo ngekusasa lebhola lakuleli kungashiya umdlalo usengozini.
Isigaba esiphezulu sebhola lezinyawo i-DStv Premiership sibona ngathi imali kaMotsepe ayisizi ngalutho.
Kusukela ngo-2013 alikho elinye iqembu eselidle isicoco seligi ngaphandle kwe-Sundowns.
Njengoba imali kaMotsepe ikhulise i-Sundowns yaba namandla ebholeni lakuleli lonke izwe lisalele emuva okwenza iligi ingathokoselwa.
I-Sundowns ayigcini nje ngokuba nesithunzi sokuheha abadlali abasezingeni eliphezulu, kodwa inemali yokwenza lokho ngokubathenga ngezimali ezishisiwe.
Imibiko ithi umdlali okhokhelwa kakhulu kwi-Sundowns ngu-Andile Jali ohola u-R550,000 ngenyanga.
Ukucacisa lokho umdlali we-Orlando Pirates okhokhelwa kakhulu uHappy Jele ohola u-R200,000 ngenyanga.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi i-Kaizer Chiefs iyazama ukuqhudelana ne-Sundowns ngokukhokhela uKeagan Dolly u-R1.5 million njalo ngenyanga kodwa namanje ayikwazi ukuqhudelana ne-Sundowns yize inyusele abadlali umholo.
Wonke umdlali wakuleli unephupho lokudlalela i-Sundowns yize abanye balandela imali nempumelelo yeqembu.
Kodwa akekho ofuna ukubuka iligi uma wonke umuntu esazi ukuthi yiliphi iqembu elizowina ngaphambi kokuthi uqale umdlalo.
Umthombo wesithombe: @ForbesAfrica