Bafana Bafana coach Molefi Ntseki believes Tokelo Rantie still has a future in football and is willing to help the forward to resuscitate his career.

The 29-year-old was on trial at Bloemfontein Celtic after parting ways with Mamelodi Sundowns, but the striker remains without a club after the current campaign was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic in the country.

It remains to be seen whether or not the former Bournemouth striker will take the field again. However, Ntseki believes the talented Rantie has enough quality to return to the pitch.

‘You first need to know why all this is happening with him [Rantie]. You need to do more like a case study into his life,’ said Ntseki as quoted on DailySun.

‘You’ve got to help somebody if that person is not aware of his challenges but is prepared to help himself.

‘The mistake we are making normally is that we always say, “Look Tokelo, you’ve got talent, you can play football. You must do this and that.”

‘But this is done not knowing exactly what is happening in that man’s life. People will always say I tried this and that with him. But it’s because you don’t know the root cause of the problem.

‘I don’t have a problem talking to him, to help him … if ever that can be made possible.’