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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Frustrated Mbabane Swallows midfielder Banele \u2018Pupu\u2019 Sikhondze, who was last month withdrawn from the team\u2019s morning training session, was turned back once again.<\/b><\/p>\n

This publication reported last month that the supporter\u2019s favourite player was unhappy at the capital city giants after falling down the pecking order. Since coming on board, Coach Caleb Ngwenya has preferred to use youngsters Leon \u2018Chuster \u2018Manyisa, Kabia Mohamed and Neliswa \u2018Tiger\u2019 Dlamini ahead of \u2018Pupu\u2019 in the star-studded Swallows midfield position. A source within the Umkhonto KaShaka camp later revealed that the ex-South Africa\u2019s (SA) Polokwane City player was told to leave the Swallows training camp after an alleged heated argument with Ngwenya. \u201cPupu has appeared numerous times before the club\u2019s DC and the coach turned him away from training on Tuesday (yesterday) morning because he had to go appear before the MC (management committee), to answer on his absence in the past two weeks,\u201d the source had earlier said.<\/p>\n

Latest developments, through a Mbabane Swallows source, suggested that \u2018Pupu\u2019 was back involved in the morning session of the team under the watchful eye of Siza \u2018King Pele\u2019 Dlamini yesterday, but was told not to return in the afternoon session by Coach Ngwenya. The latter had reportedly arrived after training was done. \u201cCaleb told Pupu after training that he must not come back in the team. He made it clear to the player that he must go meet the team MC before he can even think about making a return to his team,\u201d said the source.<\/p>\n

Unfortunate<\/b><\/p>\n

The source went on to reveal that the player\u2019s heart was at the team and he wanted to play football. \u201cPupu is a player who loves training and all he wants is to play football. The issue is big and there are theories that suggest that they want to make the player look like he is troublesome, so that teams cannot sign him when he is one player that is disciplined. Pupu loves the team and this is just an unfortunate situation where the coach has always had an issue with him from the past,\u201d the source added. The team\u2019s General Manager, Sandile \u2018Beyond 2000\u2019 Zwane, when contacted yesterday afternoon, said the player met the president committee last week. \u201cPupu, is meeting the management committee today,\u201d he said briefly. Meanwhile, the team supporters were quick to react after being defeated 4-2 by Royal Leopard last Sunday and made it known that they wanted the stylish player back in the team, with others waiting for the coach to come out of the team\u2019s dressing rooms, so that they could skin him alive following the embarrassing defeat at the hands of the dethroned league champions.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Eswatini. Frustrated Mbabane Swallows midfielder Banele \u2018Pupu\u2019 Sikhondze, who was last month withdrawn from the team\u2019s morning training session, was turned back once again. This publication reported last month that the supporter\u2019s favourite player was unhappy at the capital city giants after falling down the pecking order. 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