Siyanda Xulu’s development coach Lindani Shezi said he did not doubt his protege’s career was going to flourish after he turned the former Kaizer Chiefs star from being a striker into a defender.
Shezi says Xulu briefly quit football in frustration and attempted to pursue a music career before he convinced the player to return to the game where he coached him at eThekwini Coastal.
“I discovered Siyanda when he was 14 years. He had given up on football at that time,” said Shezi as per IOL.
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“Siyanda was playing for Bootlaces and they won the Transnet and they were supposed to go to Bloemfontein but that didn’t happen.