Kaizer Chiefs players in training at Naturena. Image: @KaizerChiefs / Twitter
Kaizer Chiefs midfielder set to head to PSL rival?
As several players prepare to leave Chiefs after this season, a rival club is reportedly interested in snapping up a well-known midfielder.
Kaizer Chiefs players in training at Naturena. Image: @KaizerChiefs / Twitter
With Chiefs having endured another inconsistent season, there is no doubt that there are going to be several comings-and-goings in the Amakhosi squad.
Phathutshedzo Nange has battled with injuries during the 2022-23 campaign, and with game-time having been few and far between this season, it now appears that it could be just a matter of time before he makes his exit from Chiefs.
According to popular online source Unplayable, SuperSport United are possibly interested in signing Nange for next season.
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Notably, next up, Amakhosi will take on third-placed SuperSport United this Saturday – and a win away from home could reignite hopes of finishing in the top three in the DStv Premiership.
After that encounter, the Soweto giants will then take on fifth-place Cape Town City in another challenging encounter. So if the Glamour Boys were able to finish the season with two wins over top opposition, it would at least represent a bright finish to this season.
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Meanwhile, there are several other players who are expected to be deemed surplus to requirements, and according to Soccer Laduma, Sabelo Radebe is one of those set for an exit.
The academy development talent is still regarded as a future star, and so this is expected to be just a loan move, perhaps primarily to ensure he gets game-time elsewhere. However, it is disappointing that the 23-year-old hasn’t been able to step up sooner in the senior team.
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Meanwhile, a more permanent departure is set to Austin Dube, who has received hardly any game-time this season, and is now expected to bring his two year stay at Naturena to an end.
Recent reports have also suggested that Khama Billiat is in his final chapter with Chiefs. It could bring an end to his five-year stint at Naturena, which has largely failed to live up to its hype since his move from Mamelodi Sundowns.
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However, in the latest issue of Soccer Laduma, it’s now notably reported that there is a certain “condition for Billiat’s possible stay at Chiefs”.
According to the report, this drastic condition would require the playmaker to take a whopping 50% pay cut. The publication suggests that he is currently one of the club’s highest paid players on a reported salary of over R500 000 per month.
Coach Arthur Zwane is apparently keen for Billiat remain at the club, but it remains to be seen how negotiations progress, and whether he would accept a pay cut if that is the condition in question.
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Chiefs’ remaining games
Saturday, 13 May v SuperSport United (A) – 15:00
Saturday, 20 May v Cape Town City FC (H) – 15:00
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In an interview with the Chiefs media department, Billiat has recently provided more details into his recovery progress and the mental battle he has endured.
