Rulani Mokwena has highlighted the positive impact Abubeker Nassir has in the Mamelodi Sundowns’ dressing room, revealing that the attacker is adored by his teammates at the club.
The Sundowns mentor, Mokwena was speaking to the media about the injury Nassir had picked up in a DStv Premiership encounter game against Orlando Pirates on Friday afternoon in Pretoria.
Mokwena shared the team’s concern for the Ethiopian international at halftime as they huddled around him as the paramedics assessed Nassir.
Mokwena also revealed the amount of love Nassir has in the Sundowns dressing room and attributed this to the character that the Sundowns forward has.
RULANI MOKWENA ON NASSIR
“Nassir is loved by so many of his teammates. Such a humble human being, and you see with his movement; he is very selfless,” said Mokwena.
“He tries so create things for his teammates, so I’m sure the teammates also have love for him.
“I could see even when at half time, he was on the stretcher, and he was being attended to by the paramedics before all the players came to sit down.
“They all walked past Nassir and touched and encouraged him. And that shows you because of the kind of human being he is,” concluded Mokwena.
ABUBEKER NASSIR’S TIME AT SUNDOWNS
This is Nassir’s first season with the Brazilians. The Ethiopian has not featured much for Sundowns this season, but in a few appearances that he made for the Pretoria side, the 22-year-old scored three goals in all competitions.
Since his arrival, the Sundowns forward has been out on an injury that kept him out for most of the season so far.
With the impact that Nassir has had on the pitch for Sundowns every time he played, the Sundowns medical team will be on their toes and working hard to ensure that the Ethiopian is back on the pitch soon.
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