Bafana Bafana striker Percy Tau has insisted that he is fully focused on the national side’s African Cup of Nations campaign, and not his club career after Brighton and Hove Albion sacked the manager who signed him, Chris Hughton.

Brighton signed Tau after he had enjoyed a sensational 2017-18 campaign, but he was shipped out on loan to Belgium second division side Royale Union Saint-Gilloise.

The forward got his head down, though, and has performed in Belgium, where he scored 13 goals and provided 13 assists in 35 games in all competitions, and was rewarded for a fine season with the league’s player of the year award.

Tau’s club future is up in the air now, though, after Brighton brought in Graham Potter to replace Chris Hughton.

The 25-year-old is remaining focused on the national team, but has admitted he does have a soft spot for the man who signed him.

‘I had a good relationship with him [Hughton] because he is the coach who signed me. He has a soft spot for me, as I do for him, but the things I am not in control of I don’t focus on them.

‘At the moment my focus is on Bafana. I don’t want to get my mind into that.’

Tau elaborated by insisting he is prepared for whatever comes his way.

‘Football is football, regardless of where you play. It was not new to me because I first went on loan to Witbank Spurs, so it was just something I am used to, and it prepared me for what was coming,’ he concluded.