Bulawayo City coach Philani "Beefy" Ncube has courted controversy by making a startling revelation that 80 percent of Zimbabwean footballers take drugs, specifically BronCleer.

Ncube claimed that during their match against Highlanders, which they won 1-0, one player from the Bulawayo giants was clearly on drugs, adding that "I know for a fact he takes drugs".

"I can tell you that almost 80 percent of Zimbabwean (football) players are on drugs. I will not mention names, but when we played Highlanders, there was a player from their end who was clearly under the influence (of drugs). He was just sleeping. l know for a fact that he takes drugs. Then you hear people saying the coach must go," said the free-talking Ncube, known never to mince his words.