Agent Mike Makaab is the latest to share his views on the 37-man preliminary squad chosen by Hugo Broos
Hugo Broos has announced his preliminary squad, which will compete in the AFCON qualifiers later this month
Andile Jali's exclusion from the Bafana squad has once again left many football fans and players unhappy

The 37-man preliminary Bafana squad for the upcoming AFCON qualifiers has been announced and once again, many are not happy with it.

Andile Jali has once again been excluded from coach Hugo Broos’ team list and agent Mike Makaab has now commented on the squad.

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The squad was announced earlier this week, SAFA.net reported, and the team will be trimmed before the end of the month to the official team.

Makaab is South Africa’s super-agent and represents many big-name players in the country. He’s also not afraid to speak his mind and recently shared his thoughts on the squad, IOL reported.

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"If Andile Jali, Teboho Mokoena and Rushine De Reuck, if he's not injured, can't make a preliminary 37-man South African national team squad then I'm clearly in the wrong profession," said Makaab.

Makaab is not the only person to question why Jali has been omitted from the squad. Bafana legend Doctor Khumalo also questioned some of the Bafana coach's decisions.

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If it wasn't aiming fire in the South African Football Association's direction for excluding capable individuals from its leadership circles, Doctor Khumalo was singling out a particular employee for criticism.

Bafana Bafana coach Hugo Broos earned the ire of the legend for what he feels is a muddled selection policy and unfair selection policy. This comes as many in the local football fraternity clamour for in-form Mamelodi Sundowns players at the centre of the team's dominance of South African football.

During the last international break, the exclusion of Themba Zwane and Andile Jali was a controversial matter, with some backing their exclusion, while others were perplexed by it, Sports Brief reported.

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Byron Pillay

Byron Pillay is a sports writer and Head of the Department at Sports Brief (joined in 2022) with over 10 years of experience in community journalism and a degree in journalism from Caxton's Cadet School.