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Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos and Mamelodi Sundowns' Jayden Adams smoke peace pipe - 'He knows what he did, you can’t do that'

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  • Adams received regular Bafana call-ups under Broos
  • But he fell out of favour with the Belgian
  • He is now back in the national team
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  • Jayden Adams, Mamelodi Sundowns, January 2025Mamelodi Sundowns

    WHAT HAPPENED?

    Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos included Jayden Adams in his final squad for the upcoming 2016 Fifa World Cup qualifiers.

    South Africa will host Lesotho on March 21 before visiting Benin four days later.

    Mamelodi Sundowns star Adams returns to the national team after being excluded from the last two camps due to disciplinary issues.

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    WHAT BROOS SAID

    “I hope he learned a lot about what he did and that was what I wanted to achieve [by dropping him],” said Broos on SABC Sport.

    “He knows what he did, you can’t do that. When you have a call-up for the national team, you do everything to come, to get there.

    “I said it already in the moment itself I wanted to just to show him Jayden this is not the right attitude to have. But he’s quality, and Jayden as a player I like him. He is a good player; he plays good again with Sundowns.

    “So I didn’t see a reason why I shouldn’t call him up now again. I was afraid that he wouldn’t play so much because you know Sundowns has a lot of players and they play a lot of games also.

    “He has managed to be a standard [regular] player for the moment, and therefore, I’m very happy.”

  • Jayden Adams, Mamelodi Sundowns, February 2025.BackPagePix

    THE BIGGER PICTURE

    After joining a star-studded Sundowns side, there were fears that Adams could struggle for game time, as even admitted by Broos.

    But the midfielder has managed to establish himself as a Masandawana regular player.

    Since joining Sundowns in January from Stellenbosch, Adams has managed to make 20 appearances while scoring two goals.

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  • Jayden Adams, Mamelodi Sundowns, February 2025.BackPagePix

    WHAT NEXT?

    Before reporting for Bafana camp, Adams is expected to turn out for Sundowns when they visit Orlando Pirates on Sunday.

    He would want to perform well in this match so that he goes to the national team high in confidence.

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