The 24-year-old from Bishop Lavis, Cape Town, trained with Siwelele and was announced as a new signing, but his parent club pulled the plug at the final hour before the transfer window closed. Sundowns’ coach Miguel Cardoso reportedly told the player he was not in his plans before the move to Siwelele was facilitated. Long before the breakthrough move to Sundowns, Johannes was one of the most exciting teenage stars in Mzansi. At 17, he made his professional debut at Ajax Cape Town. He played over 50 games in the Motsepe Foundation Championship before Ajax was renamed Cape Town Spurs.