According to TimesLive’s Sazi Hadebe, Broos has written to the professional governing body to express his dissatisfaction with the decision.
Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos is disappointed in the Premier Soccer League again – this time for organising a one-day tournament in November.
That’s because he wanted to have a national team camp or play international friendlies at that time.
Given the FIFA break for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December, Broos could have had his top players available for such a camp. South Africa’s DStv Premiership plays its last round of matches before the break on 30 October, the MTN8 final is set down for 5 November, and the league only resumes on 30 December.
Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns, the clubs that Broos usually chooses his squad from, are likely to feature in a once-off Carling Black Label Cup on 13 November, five days before the World Cup kicks off.
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Announcing his squad to play two friendlies against Sierra Leone on 24 September and Botswana on 27 September, both at FNB Stadium, Broos said he wanted a camp in November to prepare for the two crucial 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Liberia in March.
The Bafana coach said he had written to the PSL asking them to consider moving the Carling Cup to another date, so he can choose all the players he wants for the Bafana camp or potential international friendlies in November.
“This afternoon,” Broos said with sarcastic smile when he was asked when he’s expecting a response from the PSL. “I need a reply as soon as possible because we can’t do anything now. We don’t have enough players to play the team in November. We can’t say yes [we’ll play friendly matches] because if I say yes, then I don’t have the players — I will have a big problem. It depends on the clubs and the league. I will be happy if they postponed the Carling Cup or something like that. They’ll have four teams in one day, but I think they can easily play it at the beginning of December or just before the season restarts — why not? That will make the players free from 5 November and I can then start the camp. But then I have to have an agreement with the clubs, because they’ll give a holiday to their players, because they’ll restart the preparation for the season at the end of November or the beginning of December. So they’ll give them a bit of a holiday. If they want to do that I can’t have the players either.”
