Leonardo Castro has explained why he made the controversial switch from Mamelodi Sundowns to rivals Kaizer Chiefs after a recent huge exodus of players at Naturena.
The Colombian joined Amakhosi from Sundowns in January 2018 and was one of the top earners at the club. Castro won the CAF Champions League and CAF Super Cup with Mamelodi Sundowns in 2016 and 2017, and also two League titles and a Domestic Cup.
The 33-year-old was a guest on the Marawa Sports Worldwide radio show and explained why he originally left Sundowns to join Chiefs
“At Sundowns, it was like any player at other clubs, it’s business you know,” Castro told MSW.
“We talking about at that time about business and I did not agree. So that’s why I took the decision, it’s the right time to leave because I was facing another option. Obviously my family is first, so i had to make sure what is the better option.”
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Then he was asked by the host Robert Marawa, if him leaving was about the contract agreement negotiations, this was his response:
“Ya you call it like this, It was happening exactly the same. That’s why it was the main reason I leave sundowns at that time.”
They moved on to how the two parties parted ways, whether good or bad, Castro responds like this.
“Look I wish I’m coming back on the time. In life you make mistakes, you learn with time, with age , with experience you learn. So I think I should be back on that time and do some other actions like in another way. I’m not saying we went in bad ways or bad mood obviously it was a time to get more understanding.”
