Bafana Bafana’s Broos points out Mofokeng & Mbokazi’s problem that affected  Adams: ‘It’s difficult to manage’

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos is delighted to have Jayden Adams in the national team for the forthcoming international assignments.

South Africa host Panama in the first meeting at the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on March 27 before meeting again at the DHL Stadium in Cape Town four days later.

Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Adams will be representing the country for the first time in 12 months, thanks to the massive improvement at Masandawana, where he has fought his way into the starting team, partnering Teboho Mokoena as Marcelo Allende struggles to get back in the fold.

Broos explains why Adams struggled after his move from Stellenbosch to the Brazillians, insisting at some point, Relebohile Mofokeng and Mbekezeli Mbokazi had the same problem.

Adams has learn’t a lot – Bafana Bafana’s Broos

“I think Jayden is the same story as Rele and Mbokazi when you’re so young and suddenly you become a very good player, a star and there is so much interest in you, it’s difficult to manage that,” he said in a presser.

“And in a certain moment, Jayden lost himself also, the moment he went to Sundowns, I think he thought ‘ah things are done’, and time went on, he was not playing, he was on the bench and he was even on the stands at certain moments.

“He did what he did with the national team, when I was not happy with that, but he’s learnt a lot and he knows now, when you see him playing, he’s more mature and the qualities are still there. And this maturity is something he got in the last year.

“He was conscious for himself, he looked in the mirror and said ‘Jayden if you go on like this your career is finished, you will go to Marumo Gallants or whatever’ – because here in Sundowns, he will not succeed and I’m very happy about it. Everyone knows he’s a very good player and yeah I think he can help us a lot,” Broos concluded.