Mamelodi Sundowns have been taking part in some video games with out Marcelo Allende. Bathusi Aubaas has stepped in to ship stellar performances. Coach Manqoba Mngqtihi has defined why the 29-year-old from Kuruman, Northern Cape is particular.

WHY MAMELODI SUNDOWNS SIGNED BATHUSI AUBAAS

Having performed at Buya Msuthu, Free State Stars and TS Galaxy, the dynamic central midfielder made his dream transfer to Sundowns in 2023.

“We brought him to Sundowns because he has very rare physical attributes. For a player of his height to have the kind of intensity that he has, the speed and the engine,” Mngqithi advised the media after Kabo Yellow‘s 2-0 win over Polokwane City midweek.

“We’ve at all times believed that we will get a bit bit extra from him and I’m simply excited to see him performing the way in which that he does as a result of even within the recreation that we had been taking part in in Polokwane, he didn’t play however he was coaching very nicely.

“I talked to him and I told him that I didn’t want to play him in that (Polokwane City) match because I’d prefer to see him in the Cape Town City game which required a lot of intensity and I know his aggression can help us. Because he’s such a good football player and a very good human being as well, he said ‘I know you’ll use me when the time is right’,” the Sundowns tactician added.

MIDFIELD OPTIONS

“I think he compliments Tebza (Mokoena) very well and they form a very formidable midfield partnership,” Mngqithi added.

“You still have a Marcelo Allende, Neo Maema, Sphelele Mkhulise and Lebo (Maboe) in that space so it makes you feel that you’re most likely to have a very good midfield at any given stage but his physical attribute are something to admire and very rare,” the Sundowns mentor concluded.