Popular South African goalkeeper Itumeleng Issac Khune was blasted online by fans when he took to his timelines on Thursday, 27 April, to show off his mind-boggling soccer boot collection, however, his fans and followers were not impressed and voiced their true opinions on the matter.
The 35-year-old professional soccer player has been in the game since 2004 when he joined Kaizer Chiefs. He also joined the national soccer team Bafana Bafana in 2008.
It’s no secret that soccer players get paid a lot of money. In fact, Khune was said to earn a whopping R480 000 per month, Briefly reported.
It’s no wonder he managed to collect so many pairs of soccer boots over the years.
Khune gave his fans a peek inside his soccer boot closet and captioned,
“Which pair would u like me to rock from my archive?🤔🤷🏽♂️”
Unfortunately, the post was not received well by his fans who slammed him for showing off instead of giving back to the community.
Here are some of the comments:
“Give it to youngsters,” @buhle_the_don commented.
“Some soccer stars are building schools and clinics for their communities and you are showing off a closet full of soccer boots,” @bob_farm wrote.
“Why don’t you donate to needy youth? 🤷🏽♂️,” @djstixx said.
“Give away half of the kicks my brother,” @sir_tentwentyfourt suggested.
“Give the young talented township kids your old kicks Itumeleng. Why have over 20 stacked like this when you can make a kid’s dream come true by rocking the mighty Ithukhune32 old boots imagine that,” @thobanimashazi wrote.
“Aii, give away to the needy hao 🤷🏽♂️,” @sir_rooi replied.
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