Former Kaizer Chiefs star George Lebese details how Mamelodi Sundowns coach Steve Komphela offered him his Range Rover if he scored a certain amount of goals - 'But how am I going to get the car if I’m not playing'

George Lebese spent nine seasons at Kaizer Chiefs, playing under different coaches.

But in July 2015, Steve Komphela arrived at Amakhosi and made a mouthwatering promise to Lebese.

This was after the veteran coach had stated he wanted the left winger to form part of the core of his team.

However, things did not work out as anticipated as Lebese explains.

“My relationship with coach Steve was good, it still is good,” Lebese told Marawa Sports Worldwide on 947.

“As to why I didn't play under him, I have no clue. But yeah, he is a great human being. We just had that one misunderstanding of playing time.

“No, until this day [I don’t understand why he did not play me]. I don’t know with other people, but personally we never resolved any issues, even after Chiefs we spoke a couple of times.

“It’s quite funny because when coach Steve came in, I was one of the players he called and he told me how he would like to play, how he would like me to play and I’ll be a main part of his team," added the former Sundowns star. 

“I agreed and he actually told me that if I scored a certain amount of goals, he will give me his car, that’s what he said. Not a Lamborghini but a Range Rover. Then things turned sour, I don’t know what happened to be honest. It was less than 15 [the goals Komphela demanded], 13 goals or something like that.

“ I asked him, ‘are you sure?’ And he said ‘yes.’ It was during his first season. But how am I going to get the car if I’m not playing?" continued Lebese who went on to play for SuperSport United.

“I was too far from 15, if I was at 12 I would say he put me out because of that. It was motivation, I remember I was scoring. 

“I even scored some headers which are not my strongest point. I scored because I wanted the car.”

Lebese managed eight goals in all competitions during the 2015/16 season which was Komphela's maiden term at Naturena.

However, contrary to the former player's assertion that he was struggling for game time, he managed to feature in 23 Premier Soccer League matches, starting 20 of them while also making nine appearances in Cup games.

The following season, still under Kompohela, Lebese went on to play 22 league games, starting 14 of those and featured in three Cup matches.

Having last played professional football in 2020, Lebese told Marawa Sports Worldwide that he intends to go into football punditry.

It is to be seen if he will manage to take that as his next step in football.