Legendary striker Jerry Sikhosana has expressed his frustrations at how his former club Orlando Pirates treat him.
Sikhosana cemented his legendary status in the mid-1990s, and helped Pirates win the CAF Champions League in 1995.
The now 57-year-old scored the only goal of the game in the second leg of that final against ASEC Mimosas in Abidjan.
Sikhosana was signed by Pirates from Witbank Aces in 1993, and he left the Soweto giants in 1998.
However, he returned for a second stint between 2000 and 2001.
At the time he left, Sikhosana had scored 44 goals in 125 official games for the Sea Robbers, and he’s never been part of the club’s setup in any capacity.
Now, speaking on Chillers Punch podcast, Sikhosana expressed how painful it has been for him to not even be treated as a legend he is by Pirates.
He recalled how he once had to queue for a match ticket with the rest of the fans, and also being given a VIP ticket by Kaizer Chiefs Marketing Director Jessica Motaung.
JERRY SIKHOSANA FEELS UNWANTED BY ORLANDO PIRATES
“You look at the Pirates jersey with a star, and the first impression should be, ‘thank you Jerry Sikhosana, you gave us a star’,” said Sikhosana.
“But you’d go to the stadium, fold my arms and queue with the supporters to go and buy a match ticket. I swear to God that’s what is happening.
“I was once in Durban with Brian (Baloyi). We moved to a suite, I bumped into Thandi (Merafe), and she looked down.
“I then saw Eddie (Edward Motale) and Lucky (Lekgwathi), and they wearing these new Pirates tracksuits, and you could see that these are the two legends that were picked for that game.
“And they were like, ‘and what about the uniform?’, and asked them ‘what uniform? I’m not a Pirates legend. I’m just wearing my clothes’.
“Chiefs legends wore their own uniform. I wouldn’t wear the Pirates merchandise. All I wanted there was to ask for a ticket as a Pirates legend but I was deprived and Chiefs gave me.”
