Senzo Mazingiza has denied that he was paid wards of cash to ditch Simba SC for arch-rivals Yanga SC in the Tanzanian league, saying that he was only offered an opportunity to prove the former wrong.The South African football administrator, who joined Simba in 2019, helping them win Ligi Kuu, FA Cup and the Community Shield, made the shock move, leaving tongues wagging.Simba and Yanga are the country’s biggest and most successful football clubs with a rich history, once you join one side, you’re largely expected to remain rooted until death.Njung’e unfazed by stiff goalkeeping competition at Nairobi City Stars”They (Yanga SC) offered me an opportunity to prove to Simba SC that actually, ‘you made a mistake to let him go, I still have what it takes to take this club move forward.’ They did not bring me a lot of cash, they brought an opportunity to say ‘look, now they think that you’re not good enough, come show them,’ that was enough motivation for me,” Senzo said on Soccer Africa.The former Orlando Pirates administrator left Yanga in July this year after two successful years, which saw the team rediscover their winning mojo. Yanga won the 2021/22 Ligi Kuu without losing a single match, they all bagged the FA Cup and Community Shield.##NAJAVA_MECA_6706197##Senzo’s departure was nonetheless, not short of drama, as some quarters alleged they only read about his departure on social media.”Those are the things I have learned, those people are good in propaganda, but I’m now well equipped, I understand these dynamics.”After his move to Yanga, Senzo was briefly arrested and interrogated by authorities over alleged match-fixing and corruption, a move he blamed on the unexpected switch to Yanga.”It has never dawned on me that moving from the Red team (Simba SC) to Yanga FC will cause me so much antagonism,” Senzo said back then.Mokwena: It’s the CAF CL or nothingHe has since disclosed that getting arrested in Tanzania caused him a lot of stress.”It was stressful, especially the fact that I was in a foreign country, but I’m thankful, the whole experience made me better, I feel I have grown and now a better football administrator.”
