Stuart Baxter paid a glowing tribute to Reneilwe Letsholonyane after SuperSport United beat Orlando Pirates 4-1 at Moses Mabhida Stadium on Saturday to retain the Nedbank Cup.
Baxter described “Yeye as “fit as a butcher’s dog”.
Letsholonyane has been a key figure at SuperSport on and off the field this season.
On the field he was the club’s conductor, making them sing with his crisp passes and how he controlled the game.
Off the field he leadership was key, helping a player like Teboho Mokoena to come out of his shell and grow among other things.
The 35-year-old, who joined Matsatsantsa a Pitori at the start of the 2016/17 season from Kaizer Chiefs as a free agent, made the people who doubted him eat their words.
“I knew Yeye from Chiefs,” Baxter said. “I knew that he had a couple of years in him. He is as fit as a butcher’s dog. He is sharp at training. If ever I was certain about a signing, it was Yeye.
"I gave him a massive hug when we came off the pitch and I told him to keep on winning things. Yeye will. He is a winner. The best thing that happened to me was people saying that he is too old because then he was going to show them he isn’t too old. He has had a magnificent season.
"He has been a tremendous signing. There were probably some people in the SuperSport board who had that thought in their mind, should we sign a big signing at that age. I told them that you won’t regret signing Yeye. He has been a pleasure to work with and he has been a pleasure for the players to play with.” - TimesLIVE
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