“I joined Leeds United to babysit my compatriot Phil Masinga, but I ended up staying there for 10 years” Lucas Radebe’s unlikely path to becoming an Elland Road legend

“I joined Leeds United to babysit my compatriot Phil Masinga, but I ended up staying there for 10 years” Lucas Radebe’s unlikely path to becoming an Elland Road legend

When Lucas Radebe arrived at Leeds United in 1994 alongside striker Phil Masinga in a double signing, the club’s primary reason for signing him was to keep his South African compatriot happy. But while Masinga would spend just two seasons in West Yorkshire, when Radebe hung up his boots more than a decade later, he had become a Leeds United legend, captaining the side through one of their most successful periods in recent history. For Radebe, th…