Orlando Pirates caretaker coach Rulani Mokwena has congratulated former head coach Milutin Sredojevic on leading Zamalek to the Egyptian Cup over the weekend.

Sredojevic spent two trophyless seasons at the Buccaneers with Mokwena as his assistant but abruptly left the club last month.

The Serbian coach then resurfaced at Zamalek and it took Serdojevic only four games to win his first trophy as the new head coach of the Egyptian giants after beating Pyramids FC 3-0 in the final of the Egyptian Cup.

Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Mokwena revealed that he sent Sredojevic a message of congratulation on his achievement at his new club.

‘I’ve sent my congratulatory message [to coach Micho]‚ he’s received it‚’ Mokwena said.

‘We celebrate with him and we’re proud of his achievement and I think I speak for the entire institution.

‘We were raised as people that understand that the cake is big enough for everybody and we celebrate other people’s successes and achievement because there’s enough for everybody.’

The Buccaneers are struggling to find their feet this campaign and are currently on a six-game winless run across all competitions, but Mokwena insists that he doesn’t hold that against his former mentor.

‘So we don’t have any form of resentment‚ ill feelings or hard feelings‚’ he added.

‘When people do well we are the first as the institution to congratulate them‚ especially because once you’re a Pirates person you’ll always remain a Pirates person.

‘When he does something [good]‚ we’ll congratulate and even when he goes through hardships‚ we also still support.

‘That’s the type of people we are. We try to be good human beings and try to have good hearts. We have done that.’