Swallows FC chairman David Mogashoa has hit back at former coach Brandon Truter after he made a series of allegations and also called his successor Dylan Kerr a ‘cheap foreign import‘.
Truter, who was sacked by the Soweto giants in November 2021, was visibly fired up after his new side AmaZulu beat his former team at the Dobsonville Stadium on Tuesday.
After the match, Truter insisted he hasn’t been paid what’s due to him and he can now openly speak about those matters after Swallows had broken their side of the settlement agreement and he doesn’t need to worry about a non-disclosure clause in his settlement.
However, Mogashoa was not impressed by the conduct of his former coach, insisting Truter’s comments about Kerr hit a new low.
“I read the comments from our previous coach calling our current coach a ‘cheap import’. I think that is wrong on all levels,” Mogashoa told SABC Sport.
“You can’t call colleagues cheap imports or disrespect them in any way. So, because they are working together, they are going to bump into each other at some stage.
“The level of respect needs to be there. We are not saying they must hug each other all the time, but we are saying at least respect each other.”
Truter also claimed that the Dube Birds still owe him money and he will take the matter to the Premier Soccer League Disciplinary Committee, but Mogashoa insisted the matter was already escalated from their side.
“I also saw somewhere where he said we owe him money and the club fired him and he did not resign as the article suggests that he resigned,” he added.
“The club fired him because of poor results and obviously, he had a contract even though he left the club and there was some settlement due to him.
“A portion of it has been paid to him and there is still a dispute around another portion so that is the matter that is already at the DRC, so it’s not going…it’s already there. Once we get the date, we will be able to sort out those matters.
“You know people are always very quick to say the club owes them when they might end up owing the club people must be careful how they deal with these issues.”
Finally, ‘Brakkies’ also mentioned that he was attacked by some Swallows supporters at his home and before training in the final days before his sacking, but Mogashoa dismissed those claims.
“There was another disturbing thing where Truter says he was harassed by supporters at his home and everywhere. I don’t know what he is talking about,” the Swallows chairman added.
“When we brought him in, we arranged accommodation for him – Truter stayed at Waterfall, one of the most secure estates in the country. No one can just walk in and harass you.
“Maybe people that were harassing him were his illegal visitors at camp. I don’t think anyone would have gone to do so at his place.
“The only legitimate harassment, maybe, is supporters carrying placards. But they were not harassing him. We put security measures in place, so there was no issue where his life was threatened.”
