SuperSport United have announced the transfer of goalkeeper Ronwen Williams to Mamelodi Sundowns.
The 30-year-old makes the switch to Chloorkop after spending all his career at Matsatsantsa since making his debut for the club on 25 October 2011 during Gavin Hunt’s first spell.
“SuperSport United FC and Mamelodi Sundowns have agreed terms for the permanent move of Bafana Bafana and club captain Ronwen Williams with immediate effect for an undisclosed fee,” the club said via a statement.
Williams also sent a farewell message to his former team: “First and foremost I would like to thank the chairman Mr Khulu Sibiya for allowing me to be part of such a wonderful club for so many years and for taking good care of me. To the club’s CEO Mr Stanley Matthews, I will forever be indebted to you and for each and every promise you made to me you have successfully fulfilled, I will forever be grateful to you as well as the board. To each coach and staff members at the academy, I will not be where I am today without you guys, thank you so much for playing a major role in my career. To my entire SuperSport United family, I can’t thank you guys enough. Ronwen Williams is forever United.”
The Bafana shot stopper becomes the second SuperSport after Sipho Mbule already joined Masandawana earlier in the window.
Williams’ made 337 appearances for Matsatsantsa, lifting four trophies, namely the Telkom KnockOut in 2014/15, the Nedbank Cup in 2015/16 and 2016/17 and the MTN8 in 2017/18.
