Sell players but develop the Botswana league

It has also reaped immense financial benefits for agents, clubs and the players. Soccer is a multi-million dollar industry and it goes beyond just being a game. Gone are the days when playing football was a mere pastime. Most players are doing it as a profession that puts bread on their families' tables.

South African giants, Orlando Pirates, for P1million - an astronomical figure by local standards considering the fixed P3, 000 that clubs here pay for a player - bought Botswana's export to South Africa, Phenyo Mongala.