The SuperSport United Sentinel
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
A debut Ronwen Tau will not forget — 7.45
There is exactly one of these per career and it does not usually go like this. 1 on the scoresheet, 7.45 beside the name, and a crowd that had never seen him before chanting it by the end.
Market7 Sep 2026
Itumeleng Phiri 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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Window shuts: 9 in, 0 out at SuperSport United
The deadline has passed and the squad is the squad. 9 arrived, 0 left, and everything else printed about this club last month was a rumour that stayed one.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
No thanks: Milton Delgado rejects the move
SuperSport United had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Boca Juniors, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Sifiso Furman
Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
SuperSport United rebuffed over Lautaro Di Lollo
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Boca Juniors have kept their man, and SuperSport United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout7 Sep 2026
Itumeleng Phiri gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A row about effort at SuperSport United
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Tobías Cervera was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at SuperSport United
Gift Mahlangu was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
In brief
- Squad A month that belonged to Luke Baartman
- Match Late, late show earns SuperSport United a point
- Squad A step back for Hlompho Zungu at SuperSport United