Truant Ajax Cape Town defender Rivaldo Coetzee has apologised to the club after going AWOL for over three weeks and has been relegated to the reserve team.
Speaking in a short video that was posted on the club’s twitter account on Tuesday afternoon‚ Coetzee confirmed that he held a meeting with his employers before training with the MDC team.
“I requested a meeting with the Ajax CT bosses to discuss my future with the club‚" he said.
"Firstly‚ I would like to apologise to the club‚ coaches and my team-mates for the way I behaved over the past three weeks.
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"Ajax has played a huge role in my career in terms of my development and myself and the club are working out a way of how they are going to help me develop even further.
"I am happy to announce that I spoke to coach Stanley Menzo and apologised to him and we will decide what the future holds.
"I am happy to say that I have returned to training with the MDC side team as of today (Tuesday)‚” he said.
Coetzee had not reported for pre-season training‚ hopeful of either pushing for a move away from the club or to land a better deal having been named Player of the Year and players’ Player of the Year in the 2016-17 season.
The 20-year-old Bafana international had drawn interest from home and abroad‚ but clubs were put off by the reported R13-million price-tag Ajax placed on him.
Menzo was not a happy man and he said last week Coetzee had no respect for his teammates.
- TimesLIVE
