Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Oupa Manyisa admits that he doesn’t know how to feel about facing former team Orlando Pirates in a PSL encounter tonight.

The former Pirates captain completed his move to Masandawana prior to the start of the campaign, following a nine-year stay with the Buccaneers.

‘I don’t know how I feel about coming to Orlando for the first time with the away team,’ Manyisa told The Star.

‘But these things are part of football. People move on. I gave my all to Pirates in the years I spent with them. Pirates changed my life. I arrived here as a boy and left as a man.

‘For a long time I didn’t know anything but Pirates. I don’t know what type of response I will get from the fans. I have seen them boo some former players when they come back, and I have seen them cheer some players. The good thing for me is that I left on a good note, having won everything there is to win in the PSL,’ he added.

Ace insists that he has no regrets about leaving his boyhood club.

‘I don’t have any regrets about this move. You can’t grow as a player and as a person if you live with regrets.

‘It’s been hard with the challenges that we have faced as a team. We just need to be focused to move out of this slump. We have the quality to get us out of it.

‘I don’t even know how I will react if I score. I will see what my heart tells me. That will tell me if I should celebrate or not.

‘I am adapting well to my new home.

‘Even though it’s going to be tough, I shouldn’t let my emotions get the better of me against Pirates. I have a job to do for my new club and that’s what I intend to do,’ he concluded.

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