Most Betway Premiership supporters will remember Gordon Gilbert impressing in the Kaizer Chiefs backline with unique speed and aggression.
Why was it short-lived? The 42-year-old from Emalahleni, Mpumalanga, has claimed that the former Kaizer Chiefs coach Muhsin Ertugral used him to make a point to his bosses.
Gilbert later moved on to Moroka Swallows and then Mpumalanga Black Aces before a relatively early retirement at the age of 29 after the 2010/2011 season.
GORDON GILBERT’S ILL-FATE AT NATURENA?
Most Kaizer Chiefs supporters will probably tell you Gilbert was one of the most technical and quick central defenders the club has had. But according to Gilbert, the club’s former coach, Ertugral, was not moved.
“I loved the Chiefs supporters, I loved the team, and I loved the management, everything about Chiefs I loved, it was unbelievable,” Gilbert told KickOff. “I was at a disadvantage, though; in my first game, I was a man of the match, and in my second game, I got dropped.
Gordon Gilbert in the colours of Kaizer Chiefs against Thanda Royal Zulu at the Chatsworth Stadium in Durban. Image: Kick Off.
“If I’m to be brutally honest with you, Muhsin Ertugral was very unhappy that the Motaungs signed me without his permission. So they signed me he did not sign me. I felt that all the time he tried to make an example out of me by saying to the owners ‘Don’t sign players on my behalf.’
“So from Day one, he never gave me a fair opportunity, so if anything was to change, I would love to play for Kaizer Chiefs under another manager,” Gilbert concluded.
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