After four rejections from DStv Premiership clubs, Patrick Maswanganyi finally signed his first professional contract thanks to Ronwen Williams, here's how!
, Maswanganyi was expected to bide his time. Instead, he was given his chances very early on during Pirates’ pre-season camp in Spain. From there, he impressed coachMaswanganyi has not looked back since, amassing 11 goal contributions and six man of the match awards in 29 matches. He with him slowly gaining cult hero status at Pirates, he is becoming a completely different player to hisversion. But for many, that’s where they first heard his name and saw him play.
“At one stage he also started doubting himself because of the rejections. When he came back we took him to Cape Town City and he spent two weeks with them. They didn’t see anything, we took him to Swallows, and Brandon Truter never saw anything. We took him to SuperSport and he spent a year without playing. Every day he never absconded from training. He went there for training without fail. You know who pleaded with Stan Matthews? It was Ronwen Williams, he begged Stan to sign him.
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