Ghanaian footballer who went viral for thanking his wife and girlfriend in an interview sacked by South Africa club for ‘carrying bad luck’
Ghanaian footballer, Mohammed Anas has been released by South African top-flight side TS Galaxy on the grounds of ‘carrying bad luck’.
Recall that Anas went viral in 2017 after he thanked his wife and girlfriend in a post-match interview.
The gaffe earned him international recognition as the video was shared worldwide. At the time, the footballer denied being unfaithful, saying, “My family knows that I call my daughter my girlfriend. That’s what I was talking about. I don’t have a girlfriend.”
His latest travail, according to South Africa’s Citizen News newspaper, started when some senior players of the Premier Soccer League (PSL) approached the club’s leadership and told them that their current struggling status in the league table was because of the presence of Anas in the squad.
A source told the newspaper, “Every team he’s played for here (in South Africa) has either dodged relegation by a whisker or got relegated. He was at Maritzburg and they merely survived relegation that season. He was at Free State Stars when they were relegated and the same happened at Polokwane City,” the source said.
“Last season he was with Black Leopards and the same thing happened. The players were worried that they are trying everything but the results are just not coming. He was quietly released by the club last week.”
The Ghanaian striker joined Free State Stars and they were relegated before he moved to Polokwane City where they suffered a similar fate. He then made a move to Black Leopards and they were also relegated.
Subsequently he transferred to TS Galaxy and this has now sparked concerns among the players that they would be relegated if the Ghanaian was not sacked.
This led to the decision of the management of the club to sack the Ghanaian star after agreeing with the players that Anas was carrying the bad luck that was now spreading among the squad.
