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This transfer is obviously a massive deal in South Africa. The club tweet announcing the signing already has over 1300 retweets. Bissouma has less than 500, Bernardo less than 400 & Button is on less than 200. Nice to know large chunks of Africa now like us.

A quick wiki suggests only 4 players have ever gone directly from the South African league to the Premier League. Phil Masinga to Leeds 1994 Lucas Radebe to Leeds 1994 Mbulelo Mabizela to Spurs 2003 Kagisho Dikgacoi to Fulham 2009 Not much help without knowing how many international caps...

He scored 11 goals and picked up 15 assists for Mamelodi Sundowns last season.Obviously the quality of the South African league is a million miles away from the Prem, but 26 G&A in 30 games is still impressive and we seem to be pretty good at spotting a bargain so maybe this has legs. Upgrading...