{"id":12121,"date":"2019-08-07T14:57:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-07T14:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=12121"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:57:00","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T14:57:00","slug":"we-didnt-make-billiat-at-sundowns-he-has-got-talent-pitso-mosimane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/we-didnt-make-billiat-at-sundowns-he-has-got-talent-pitso-mosimane","title":{"rendered":"We didn\u2019t make Billiat at Sundowns, he has got talent: Pitso Mosimane"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mamelodi Sundows head coach Pitso Mosimane has brushed aside suggestions that the club made Khama Billiat to be the player he is right now, insisting that it\u2019s his talent instead.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old moved from Masandawana to Kaizer Chiefs last year after having won the PSL Footballer of the Year and got nominated for CAF African Footballer of the Year (Local-based) while at the Pretoria-based outfit but Mosimane insists that even though the club \u201cpolished\u201d him, it is the talent he has got which made him the player he is today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was given an opportunity and why are you surprised that African teams want him? You know why? Because they saw him play [in the Champions League] and they say that is the product we want, we know what he can do, we\u2019ve seen what he can do,\u201d Mosimane told\u00a0<em>Kick Off Magazine.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the contribution we\u2019ve made on him. Of course he\u2019s got talent, it\u2019s not like we made him. He\u2019s got talent, but we also fix them, structure them and make them look good. We polish and make them shine. And then everybody benefits.\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwe international has been subject to interest from various clubs on the continent, including Sundowns, but Mosimane refused to be drawn in the speculation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mamelodi Sundows head coach Pitso Mosimane has brushed aside suggestions that the club made Khama Billiat to be the player he is right now, insisting that it\u2019s his talent instead. 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