Free agent Brockie awaits next ‘adventure’

Maritzburg United will finish the season without on-loan striker Jeremy Brockie, who is now a free agent after Mamelodi Sundowns failed to pick up their option on him.

Brockie, 32, has reportedly left South Africa to be reunited with his wife and children in Australia, but that does not mean he won’t return to play in the Premier Soccer League.

There have been suggestions that former side SuperSport United could be his next destination, and the club have confirmed that there have been talks, but nothing concrete yet.

I love an adventure - looking forward to the next chapter ??

— Jeremy Brockie (@JRBrockie) June 1, 2020

His tale in the Premier Soccer League is a strange one, he quickly built a reputation as a lethal finisher, but then a lengthy goal-drought after a big money move to Sundowns rather dented his reputation.

He arrived at SuperSport in January 2015 and netted six goals in his first five games as he hit the ground running. He would leave three years later with 54 goals in 125 games and the reputation of arguably the leagues modt deadly forward.

But what followed has been a major disappointment during his spells at Sundowns and Maritzburg.

He has netted only five goals in the next two-and-a-half years, three of those coming against modest opposition in the CAF Champions League.

He has struck just twice, once each for Sundowns and Maritzburg, in the PSL, on what has been a major barren spell.