Erick Dala

Goalkeeper - SuperSport United
4 Sep 2026
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Marked for Erick Dala

5 Edition

The SuperSport United Sentinel

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Market31 Aug 2026

$770.0K — a new record at SuperSport United

No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

$4.1M settles it between the clubs for Samuel Kalu

Botev Plovdiv have accepted the money. What SuperSport United do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.

Market31 Aug 2026

Rivaldo Lorch puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at SuperSport United, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market31 Aug 2026

Leixões come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and SuperSport United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Boardroom31 Aug 2026

SuperSport United go back to the board over Percy Phiri

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $816.5K — a club that wants Percy Phiri enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets31 Aug 2026

Too dear: SuperSport United walk away from Siphelele Mthembu

$790.0K was the most the club would pay and Maritzburg United were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Market31 Aug 2026

Tsiki Ntsabeleng arrives at SuperSport United in a $190.0K statement of intent

There comes a point where a club either backs its own ambition or admits it does not have any. SuperSport United have paid $190.0K for Tsiki Ntsabeleng, which is the loudest way there is of saying which one it chose.

Squad31 Aug 2026

Erick Dala in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at SuperSport United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Match29 Aug 2026

Bongani Modiba the difference as SuperSport United beat Jomo Cosmos

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Bongani Modiba. 3‑2 against Jomo Cosmos, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The SuperSport United Sentinel

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

Bongani Modiba beats them one at a time

Successful dribbles: 31. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.

Squad24 Aug 2026

A one-man rearguard from Erick Dala

There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.

Market24 Aug 2026

Sifiso Dala asks to leave SuperSport United

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Tsiki Ntsabeleng is a medical away from SuperSport United

The deal with Mamelodi Sundowns is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

SuperSport United make their move for Percy Phiri

$770.0K on the table at Ajax Cape Town. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

SuperSport United make their move for Siphelele Mthembu

$720.0K on the table at Maritzburg United. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Boardroom24 Aug 2026

SuperSport United go back to the board over Siphelele Mthembu

The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $759.0K — a club that wants Siphelele Mthembu enough to be asked twice.

Transfer targets24 Aug 2026

Too dear: SuperSport United walk away from Percy Phiri

$790.0K was the most the club would pay and Ajax Cape Town were asking for more. Deals like this are revived in the last week of a window roughly half the time, and everybody involved knows it.

Player ratings24 Aug 2026

A defender's afternoon for Siyabonga Kekana

Defensive actions: 23. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

In brief

3 Edition

The SuperSport United Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market17 Aug 2026

$5.1M — a new record at SuperSport United

No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.

Market17 Aug 2026

The unthinkable, invoiced: Khama Lorch sold

NEC arrived with $13.5M and left with the best player in the building. The board will call it business; the queue at the ticket office will use other words.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

A $13.5M sale, and a town that did not want it

Khama Lorch has gone, the accounts have $13.5M in them, and the supporters have the feeling of having been sold something themselves. Good business and a good decision are not always the same thing.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

SuperSport United make their move for Percy Phiri

$790.0K on the table at Ajax Cape Town. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

Samukelo Zikalala due for a SuperSport United medical

Everything agreed with Orlando Pirates, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.

Transfer targets17 Aug 2026

SuperSport United rebuffed over Teboho Mabunda

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Platinum Stars have kept their man, and SuperSport United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Words exchanged at SuperSport United

Erick Dala and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

The terraces17 Aug 2026

The town asked, and SuperSport United paid $5.1M

Ryan Manning was the name on every phone-in, and the club has gone and signed him for $5.1M. For one week the board can do no wrong, which is a week most boards never get.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

No hiding place for Bongani Modiba

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bongani Modiba, and the manager let it.

In brief

2 Edition

The SuperSport United Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market10 Aug 2026

Heerenveen come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and SuperSport United did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Player ratings10 Aug 2026

Khama Lorch scores twice — 8.84

Two goals and a mark of 8.84 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

Ryan Manning is a medical away from SuperSport United

The deal with Southampton is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Market10 Aug 2026

Khama Lorch raises the bar for SuperSport United

“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at SuperSport United heard it as anything else.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

No thanks: Emiliano Viveros rejects the move

SuperSport United had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Argentinos Juniors, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Themba Mothiba signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Themba Mothiba and SuperSport United agree another 4 years.

Squad10 Aug 2026

Erick Dala in a row with a teammate

It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at SuperSport United this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Boardroom10 Aug 2026

Graduation day at SuperSport United

5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A row about effort at SuperSport United

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Siyabonga Kekana was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

In brief