Mamelodi Sundowns News Today: Reisinho’s options revealed, Mudau goes viral & more

Latest news about Mamelodi Sundowns, in the last 24 hours including Miguel Reisinho weighing up his future, Khuliso Mudau becoming the World Cup’s first meme, and Steve Komphela’s honest take on a trophyless domestic season.

Reisinho’s options to leave Mamelodi Sundowns

Mamelodi Sundowns have a call to make over Miguel Reisinho, with the Portuguese midfielder understood to be considering his options away from Chloorkop ahead of the 2026/27 season.

According to KickOff, Reisinho is on his way out, with Portuguese publication A Bola reporting that his next destination will be either a return to Europe or a move to the Middle East. The 26-year-old arrived on a free transfer from Boavista last season, after the Lisbon-area club were relegated from the top flight amid financial troubles.

Game time was the sticking point. Reisinho featured in only 14 matches across all competitions, less than a third of the games Sundowns played through the campaign, scoring two goals along with a single assist.

His compatriot Nuno Santos, signed in the same window, settled far quicker and ended up with five goals and 11 assists in 36 appearances from a more advanced role.

Mudau becomes the World Cup’s first meme

Bafana Bafana are down to nine men 🤯🟥

Themba Zwane reiceves the second red card of the night ❌❌

📺 Stream #FIFAWorldCup2026 on DStv: https://t.co/B0jLrQW5cc #DStvFIFAWorldCuo2026 | #EverythingCanWait pic.twitter.com/Rk59B5Yagp

— SuperSport Football ⚽️ (@SSFootball) June 11, 2026

Khuliso Mudau did not score, concede or put a foot wrong, yet the Sundowns right-back walked away from the World Cup opener against Mexico as one of the most talked-about figures of the night.

The moment arrived after Themba Zwane was sent off. Under FIFA’s new transparency rule, Brazilian referee Wilton Sampaio opened his microphone to explain the red card to the stadium and the global television audience.

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— el jeringas (@ElJeringasLoko) June 11, 2026

As Sampaio worked through the announcement in English, cameras cut to Mudau standing a few metres away, and his bewildered expression did the rest.

Clips of the reaction were circulating across social media within minutes of the final whistle, with meme accounts and fan pages turning the defender’s face into GIFs.

Komphela opens up on a painful domestic season

Senior coach Steve Komphela has spoken candidly about what he called the most difficult part of Sundowns’ 2025/26 campaign, after the club’s grip on the domestic silverware loosened.

Speaking on The Pitchside Podcast, Komphela traced the slump back to a lack of preparation time following the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. “If you don’t have a good pre-season, it does affect almost everything in your programme,” he said, warning that a shortened break leaves a squad exposed to injuries, burnout and a dip in form.

Sundowns won the CAF Champions League but lost the PSL, MTN8 and Nedbank Cup.