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The Rockets chairman Tim Sukazi has opened up on the strategic decisions made by the club to ensure the defender secured a place in Hugo Broos' final Bafana Bafana squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The boss insists that the player's mid-season move to Mamelodi Sundowns was designed specifically to elevate his profile for the national team.

The road to the 2026 FIFA World Cup has been anything but smooth sailing for the 24-year-old winger whose career once hung by a thread following a period of unemployment and multiple rejections. Now a key figure for Bafana Bafana, the 24-year-old’s rise serves as a testament to resilience after nearly walking away from the game entirely.

The World Cup has had no shortage of iconic moments across nearly 100 years of history. Every four years, billions of fans congregate to watch a tournament that has provided more drama, heartbreak and joy than any other event in sporting history. Football's grandest stage, the World Cup has always offered a platform for legends to be born, but it has also seen reputations destroyed and the downfall of so many famous faces.

Following a controversial squad announcement by SAFA and Hugo Broos on Wednesday night, while the nation was glued to their screens, backlash quickly followed over how the six players who missed the final cut were treated. However, amid the outrage, there now appears to be a twist in the tale, with reports suggesting the omitted stars will still travel to the global showpiece.