Mobara eyes Euro chance

Abbubaker Mobara’s big transfer to Orlando Pirates might not have worked out as well as he had hoped in his first season but the classy utility player still has no qualms he made the right move.

Mobara – Pirates’ 23-year-old centreback‚ right-back or central midfielder – might see the irony in how the club he left at the end of 2015-16‚ Ajax Cape Town‚ finished higher than 11th-placed Bucs in 10th after at one stage fighting a grim relegation battle.

Bafana Bafana international Mobara had marked Neymar out of the game in the SA U23s’ 0-0 draw at the Rio Olympics soon after signing for Bucs and the 2016-17 season for both him and his new club looked bright.

To make matters worse‚ Mobara had made some straight-opinions known about how Ajax was run and their lack of ambition‚ soon after leaving the club.

But the player‚ who will line up in Pirates’ midfield as they seek a face-saving Nedbank Cup final win against SuperSport United today in Durban‚ remains convinced that in the long term he made the right call seeking greater challenges in Johannesburg.

“It’s similar to what Keagan Dolly did when he went to Mamelodi Sundowns‚” Mobara said‚ comparing his move to the initial struggles of his former Ajax teammate moving to Gauteng.

“He never won the league in the first season. But come the second he won the league and the Champions League and then he went to Europe.

“And that’s something that every footballer wants – making the chances even bigger for you to take the next step into Europe.”

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