Katlego Otladisa is reportedly an official Pirates player. Image: Twitter.
Details: Whopping ‘five-year’ deal for new Pirates signing!
Some more details have emerged into the blockbuster deal reportedly sealed between Orlando Pirates and Katlego Otladisa.
Katlego Otladisa is reportedly an official Pirates player. Image: Twitter.
Otladisa’s contract with Marumo Gallants was only set to come to an end in June 2024, but there has been increasing talk that Pirates were set to make a move to secure the services of the playmaker.
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According to SABC Sport, Otladisa is now set to join Pirates on a blockbuster long-term deal, with the Soweto side said to have “paid a sizeable transfer fee”.
As reported by popular online source Unplayable, three other local clubs were also hunting his signature, but Pirates have apparently now made the decisive signing.
The latest news suggest the deal is technically a five-year term, with Otladisa “having put pen to paper on a three-year deal, with a club option for a further two years.”
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Terrence Dzvukamanja once seemingly hd no future at Pirates, but he has dramatically turned his fortunes around at the club.
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His agent Mike Makaab has now confirmed the club has already activated his one-year option, with potentially more developments to come.
“He has one more season left at Pirates via an option and at the moment we’re speaking to the club and with Terrence of a possibility to a longer-term contract,” Makaab confirmed to iDiski Times.
“So we are in discussions as we talk, Terrence will remain at Orlando Pirates for the new season. It was a very tough spell for Terrence [in the beginning] but his professionalism and commitment to the club when he got a chance, was nothing short of remarkable.”
