Jane Mlambo| Murder tormented former warriors goalie, Brice Grobbelaar has revealed that he received a call from President Emmerson Mnangagwa who set up a meeting to discuss his decision to join politics.

In a wide ranging interview with the Guardian, Grobbelaar said he is hoping to meet Mnangagwa when he comes to Zimbabwe on the 10th of November.

“He (Mnangagwa) said: ‘Hello, Jungleman, how are you?” Grobbelaar told English newspaper The Guardian in a wide-ranging interview on Monday.

“I’m going back (to Zimbabwe) in November. As I told him, I would love to be the ambassador to sport, recreation and reconciliation. I still have a lot of hope for Zimbabwe and I would like to make a difference.”

“I’m going back to Zimbabwe for a function on November 10 and, while I’m there, I’ll be sitting down with the sports minister Kirsty Coventry (the former Olympic swimmer),” he told Liverpool Echo publication.

“Then I will, hopefully, see president Emmerson Mnangagwa. I need to have a word with him and I’d like to get into the political side. We’ll see what happens with that.”