Ghana defender Rashid Sumaila will not play competitive football in South Africa at least until January as his club Mamelodi Sundowns have decided to drop him from their squad for the Premier League this season.
Sumaila remains stuck at Chloorkop after failing to clinch a move away from Sundowns following the club’s decision to de-register him from their list of PSL players.
The revelation will damage his chances of returning to the Ghana squad as he was excluded from the squad to play Uganda and Togo even though he was part of the World Cup squad.
With the transfer deadline elapsing and the former Kotoko defender failing to secure a proposed move to the Turkish top-flight, Sumaila will have to contend himself with just training in the gym which will make his lose his sharpness.
Sumaila had been linked with a move to Turkey during the off-season window but a transfer failed to materialise.
This means the big defender will not be able to play for Sundowns this season as the club has already exhausted its foreign quota, and the 21-year-old will only be able to move anywhere during the January transfer window.
The Black Stars centre-back is not happy to just be picking up a salary from Mamelodi Sundowns after the realisation that he cannot play any football until January.
