The SuperSport United Sentinel
Market3 Aug 2026
SuperSport United say no — this time
The offer from Ismaily for Lebogang Billiat was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market3 Aug 2026
Erick Ngcobo 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 targets3 Aug 2026
SuperSport United bid $370.0K for Mothobi Mvala
The offer went to Mamelodi Sundowns this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Kermit Tau falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
SuperSport United rebuffed over Sandro Cruz
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Slovan Bratislava have kept their man, and SuperSport United go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at SuperSport United
Williams Jali 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.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
SuperSport United try to borrow Divine Lunga
Mamelodi Sundowns have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Transfer targets3 Aug 2026
SuperSport United try to borrow Thabiso Lebitso
Orlando Pirates have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
Market3 Aug 2026
Morgan Mabunda told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Morgan Mabunda has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at SuperSport United.
In brief
- The dugout Thamsanqa Grobler knocks on the manager’s door
- Squad SuperSport United give Mandla Tau the armband
- Squad Somebody is after Percy Jali’s shirt