How Buying A R3 Million House In Little Falls Ended Tebogo Langerman's Career At Sundowns

Former Mamelodi Sundowns left back Tebogo Langerman has opened up about how a purchase of a R3 million Ruimsig house led to his fall-out with head coach Pitso Mosimane , and ultimately led to his departure from the club.

Speaking on the Trap and Pass podcast, Langerman spoke about how Mosimane would often pick on him as one of the few players at the club who did not own a home.

One day, after negotiating a new contract with the club, Langerman approached then chairman Patrice Motsepe , and asked that instead of receiving a signing-on fee, the club should rather use that money to buy a house for him.

I approached the president and asked him not give me a signing-on fee because it goes to the agent, said Langerman. Imagine getting R1 million, but when it gets to you, its around R270,000 or R290,000. What happened to the rest of the money? They tell you about tax and their percentages. When it gets to you, theres nothing left. But on the contract, you can see its R1 million.

I told the president that they were stealing my money. I asked that instead of a signing-on fee, buy me a house and Ill get a salary only for the next three years, and he agreed. He told me to go look for a house and let him know when I found one.