Bruce Grobbelaar: ‘I’m too honest to work in South Africa’
Former Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar says he’s “too honest” to get another job in South Africa’s Premier Soccer League (PSL).
His comments come despite his desire to work there again and he has been in touch with several clubs in the country.
Speaking to On The Whistle podcast Grobbelaar said it would take a lot of guts for club owners to appoint him.
“They don’t want me there because I’m too honest,” he insisted.
“And if there’s anything that goes wrong, I’ll take them straight to the courtroom. Because it’s happened before and they know who they are.”
Grobbelaar, who played in South Africa early in his career and also helped coach several clubs after his retirement, says he is keen to return.
“South Africa, I’d love to come back there, but it depends if these owners have got balls to get Bruce Grobbelaar back for their team,” he said.
He highlighted the court cases he claims to have won against clubs in South Africa including PSL powerhouses SuperSport United and Mamelodi Sundowns.
“I took them to court and got paid out the rest of my contract at SuperSport and that is contrary to what rumours are in South Africa that I was fired,” he insisted.
SuperSport United Chief Executive Stanley Matthews refused to get into details about why Grobbelaar left in 2001.
“Bruce had a great chapter in our history saving us from a serious relegation threat and that’s the part our club chooses to focus upon,” Matthews added.
