Hugo Broos on Mohau Nkota missing out on the Bafana Bafana call up: He is not is good space right now having lost his father and his form is low also

Mohau Nkota’s personal challenges are the reason he lost his place in the Bafana Bafana team.

The former Orlando Pirates attacker recently lost his father and this has seemingly taken its toll on the player emotionally as he has been struggling for form even for his Saudi Arabian club Al-Ettifaq.

When Bafana coach Hugo Broos announced his squad yesterday he omitted the left-footed player with the above being the central reason for the omission.

“When you talk about Mohau Nkota, I think it’s been a very sad period for the moment. Four weeks ago, I think, he lost his father,” said Broos on SABC Sport.

“He lost also his position in the team in Saudi Arabia. Psychologically, he’s not really in good shape. I think it would be not good from our side to take him with the team and ask for performances.

“You know how people are [if he can’t perform]. This is a young guy; he’s not an experienced player. Experienced players [can deal with that].

“But for him, he has, first of all, the death of his father. Secondly, he has to win again the position in his team. Therefore, I think it’s better now that we leave him with his family.

“He’s in South Africa, I had him on the phone call. We leave him there, that he’s coming to peace again. I know with the talent he has that we see him back in a few months.”

Bafana face Panama next week in friendly international games to be played in Durban and Cape Town.