{"id":48259,"date":"2026-01-24T07:25:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=48259"},"modified":"2026-01-24T07:25:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T07:25:22","slug":"my-heart-is-here-mudau-rubbishes-pirates-rumours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/24\/my-heart-is-here-mudau-rubbishes-pirates-rumours\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cMy heart is here\u201d- Mudau rubbishes Pirates rumours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><h2>&#8216;I&#8217;m focused on Mamelodi Sundowns, I&#8217;m 100 percent focused and my heart is here,&#8217; said the Sundowns and Bafana star. <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Khuliso Mudau has moved swiftly to shut down speculation linking him with a surprise move to Orlando Pirates, insisting his focus remains firmly on Mamelodi Sundowns.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mudau-pirates-rumours\">Mudau Pirates rumours<\/h2>\n<p>The right-back has been a regular fixture in the Brazilians\u2019 defence, and rumours of a potential switch to the Buccaneers spread like wildfire before the resumption of the Betway Premiership.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong> Sundowns held to frustrating draw by Al-Hilal\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mudau was notably absent from Sundowns\u2019 2-0 win over ORBIT College, having been granted a well-earned rest following his involvement at the Africa Cup of Nations, where he featured in all four of Bafana Bafana\u2019s matches.<\/p>\n<p>The dependable defender returned to action in Sundowns\u2019 CAF Champions League clash against Al-Hilal, which ended in a frustrating 2-2 draw at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking before the match, Mudau dismissed talk of an imminent exit and played down suggestions that he is set to leave the reigning league champions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI found out about it when one of my friends sent me something like that saying I\u2019m going to Orlando Pirates,\u201d he said to the Sundowns media.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-m-100-percent-focused\">\u2018I\u2019m 100 percent focused<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know anything about it. I\u2019m focused on Mamelodi Sundowns, I\u2019m 100 percent focused and my heart is here. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to achieve things with the team and I want to help the team. I don\u2019t know anything about this talk and what has been said but I\u2019m 100 percent here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mudau joined Sundowns from Black Leopards in 2020 on a five-year contract and has since established himself as a key figure in the squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong> Pirates coach Ouaddou delivers verdict on new signings<\/p>\n<p>According to Sundowns, the 30-year-old renewed his contract last year, although the duration of the new deal has not been made public.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#heart #Mudau #rubbishes #Pirates #rumours<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m focused on Mamelodi Sundowns, I&#8217;m 100 percent focused and my heart is here,&#8217; said the Sundowns and Bafana star.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48261,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48259\/revisions\/48261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}