Kaizer Chiefs Njabulo Blom St Louis

Former Kaizer Chiefs star Blom before starting his career at St Louis. Image: NjabuloBlom45 / Instagram.

ex-Kaizer Chiefs star Njabulo Blom’s HUGE salary REVEALED!

Njabulo left Kaizer Chiefs due to feeling underpaid by Amakhosi management. That is certainly not the case anymore in the USA where he is earning BIG-money!

Kaizer Chiefs Njabulo Blom St Louis

Former Kaizer Chiefs star Blom before starting his career at St Louis. Image: NjabuloBlom45 / Instagram.

Njabulo left Kaizer Chiefs due to feeling underpaid by Amakhosi management. That is certainly not the case anymore in the USA where he is earning BIG-money!

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Blom left Amakhosi as he felt he was underpaid.

Now, his life has changed and he is living large in the United States of America. We take a closer look at how much he is taking home.

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Former Amakhosi left back, Blom, now plays for St. Louis City.

Blom is earning $246,000 (R4.73 million) in base salary and $338,250 (R6.51 million) in guaranteed compensation per year at his new club – Blom’s monthly guaranteed compensation is $28,188 (R543,000), according to iDiskiTimes.

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Former Kaizer Chiefs player Njabulo Blom.
Former Kaizer Chiefs star Njabulo Blom in America. Photo: Twitter

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Here is a break down of what this all means:

Note: “The Annual Average Guaranteed Compensation (Guaranteed Compensation) number includes a player’s base salary and all signing and guaranteed bonuses annualized over the term of the player’s contract, including option years. The Average Annual Guaranteed Compensation figure also includes any marketing bonus and any agent’s fees, both annualized over the term of the contract. The Average Annual Guaranteed Compensation figure does not include Performance Bonuses because there is no guarantee that the player will hit those bonuses,” the same publication confirmed.

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The Bafana Bafana star has followed in the footsteps of Amakhosi legends Doctor Khumalo and Kaizer Motaung with both men having played in the USA.

Furthermore, he joined up with another South African, Bradley Carnell.

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BLOM HAVING A TOUGH TIME ON THE PITCH

Blom has only featured in six MLS games.

Moreover, he has only started once for St. Louis this season, according to the same publication.

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This comes as a result of the former Amakhosi star picking up Covid-19 and then sustaining a groin injury after Bafana Bafana beat Liberia to qualify for the African Cup of Nations. However, he did return to action this past weekend where he played 45 minutes in his sides 1-0 loss to Chicago.

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