Olisa Ndah: How Nigeria international was offered to PSL clubs  

By Olu Dare

Orlando Pirates star OIisa Ndah’s agent Mike Makaab revealed that the ball-playing defender was offered to other clubs in the PSL.

The Nigeria international was among the top players in the Nigerian Professional Football League before he joined the Buccaneers from Akwa United.

Ndah helped Akwa clinch the 2020-21 Nigerian Professional Football League title and he was lauded as the best centre back in the league. He ended up joining Pirates ahead of the 2021-22 season and Makaab has opened up about what transpired before the move to the Houghton-based giants.

“He was offered to a few clubs in SA, I don’t want to mention names but he was offered to a few clubs and the only club that reacted in a serious and positive manner was Orlando Pirates,” Makaab told Gagasi FM.

“The chairman (Irvin Khoza) and I had a discussion about Ndah and he asked me what I really felt about him.

“And I told him, ‘Listen you can never always be perfectly confident about any football player settling in the new environment’.

“But if ever I thought this was a perfect fit for Orlando Pirates, it was Olisa Ndah. Not only that, he (has) a wonderful character, he’s a winner.”

Pirates players have been given some time off with the PSL having gone into a break due to the ongoing 2022 Fifa World Cup finals in Qatar.

The 2022-23 PSL campaign will resume in the last weekend of next month with Pirates facing off with Mamelodi Sundowns on December 31.