MT Sports Marketing and Management say that they have received summons from Mamelodi Sundowns F.C with deep measure of shock and disappointment. reports emerged yesterday on Sunday papers that Sundowns were demanding to be paid back commission fees in lieu of Coach Pitso Mosimane.
In a lengthy statement released on Monday afternoon, MT say they received communication from Mamelodi Sundowns and that they had attempted to reach an amicable solution to this matter. They however, they say, were met with silence as then former club president Dr Patrice Motsepe was not able to meet with them back in January.
Attempts to reach out to chairman Tlhopane Motsepe, we were met with silence, according to the statement.
“The leaking of the story to the media is impolite and smacks of bullying tactics. This also comes after last week’s events where sections of Sundowns fans hurled insults to Coach Pitso and his mother. The summons and the media leaks put into disrepute Dr Motsepe’s blessings on the termination of the contracts, and well-wishes on Coach Pitso joining Al Ahly S.C last year,” said the statement.
“We, as MT Sports and Coach Pitso, are grateful to Mamelodi Sundowns for the years he spent there and would not like this glorious legacy to be soiled by tussles that could easily and rapidly be handled professionally and privately.
We hope sanity will prevail and that this will be resolved amicably. However, if this is not possible we will be happy to meet Mamelodi Sundowns in court,” added the statement.