Mohammed Anas has reacted to rumours that TS Galaxy had released him because of being cursed.
Anas just joined TS Galaxy this season from demoted Black Leopards, but his time has been cut short due to allegations that he brings "bad luck."
Anas' old colleagues at TS Galaxy were said to be lamenting yesterday that the Ghanaian had brought bad luck with him to the club. This is due to an examination of his background and the fact that the teams he has previously played for, such as Leopards, Maritzburg United, and Free State Stars, were either demoted from the DStv Premiership or avoided relegation by the tiniest of margins.
“Yesterday, a friend from Ghana called me and asked me about being cursed, Because I’m not on social media I phoned my wife to check for me. I then said to myself, if TS Galaxy are telling me that I’m cursed, was I the only player playing for a team that was relegated? No. Is it because I’m a foreigner?” said Anas
“If I’m cursed, as a brother, you must help me. I have no one here, I only have my wife and my kids. I don’t know why people are saying such things about me.”Now I’m losing my job because of this, I’m scared. How are teams going to sign me? I don’t know if I should stop playing football. What other job do I know? Football is what God gave me.” he added.
Anas then went into detail about the events that led to his release, including his disagreement with the new TS Galaxy coach.
“After hearing I was going to be released, I confronted the new coach. Even he couldn’t give me the reason why I’m leaving. When this coach came, they put me as a winger. I was desperate and even before the Maritzburg United match, I was still working hard. I trained hard that week. But then they told me we don’t want you anymore.”
“We will give your agent a call. I’m not a person who goes to coaches and ask them why I am not playing.” Anas concluded.
When questioned, TS Galaxy denied that Anas was dismissed due to bringing bad luck.
“There was nothing more to it really, After being assessed by the technical team, they felt the services of Mohammed Anas will not be needed going forward. A mutual agreement was reached between the two parties and they parted ways.” said TS Galaxy.