Former SC Braga B star advises Orlando Pirates starlet Mofokeng & other PSL players after Kaizer Chiefs' Nedbank Cup success - 'Level of football in Mzansi is much higher than a lot of divisions in Europe where I have played'

The Premier Soccer League has been producing some top talents in recent years.

In the ongoing campaign, Orlando Pirates have relied on youngsters like Mbekezeli Mbokazi, Relebohile Mofokeng, and Mohau Nkota to deliver.

Old rivals Kaizer Chiefs, at some point, had to rely on Wandile Duba, Mduduzi Shabalala, and Mfundo Vilakazi after failing to get some of their transfer targets.

A good number of the aforementioned players have been linked with a move abroad.

Interestingly, some players like Thabo Cele, Inacio Miguel, Glody Lilepo, Lucas Ribeiro, Lucas Suarez, Bradley Cross, among others, have ditched Europe for the Premier Soccer league.

For instance, Miguel was in Portugal where he played in high-profile competitions like the Europa League.

He has since advised youngsters against leaving for lower divisions for the sake of money, urging them to trust the process.

"The level of the PSL and the level of South Africa is high, so there are many questions that the players will ask themselves about whether it is worth going [abroad]," he opened up to the media.

"How is the level in some of those countries? If you tell me about the first division in England and Spain, there is no doubt that you must go.

"The level of football in South Africa is much higher than a lot of divisions in Europe, where I have played. So, the question of them going out or not is because the level in South Africa is really interesting and balanced.

"You can see even this season, there were no easy games. In terms of the money, I don’t know about the contracts of the players here so I cannot talk about that," Miguel continued.

"What I can say is that normally when you quit South Africa to go to Europe, you don’t search for money, you search for the project and being viewed by other teams.

"For example, I played in the Europa League, and my goal when moving from Portugal was to play international competitions, which I did.

"That was my focus, and it was never about the money because I needed to prove that I can play in these competitions.

"That was my focus, and I don’t know about the South Africans, but if they are young, they have to think about the process and not about the money," the Angola international concluded.

Miguel played a vital role in helping Chiefs win the Nedbank Cup last weekend and in the process end the club's decade-long trophy drought run.

The next assignment will be to try and win the remaining two league games - against Sekhukhune United and Polokwane City - in their bid to finish in the PSL top eight and qualify for next season's MTN8 cup competition.

However, their fate is not just in Chiefs hands as there are four other clubs within a single point of eighth who will all fancy their chances of grabbing their place in the annual cup competition.