Khama Billiat goes ‘missing’, fans react. Image: @KaizerChiefs/twitter
Gavin Hunt ‘rejects’ second ex-Chiefs player; probably knows Billiat’s past his best
Gavin Hunt and SuperSport United have decided not to sign Khama Billiat. The 33-year-old continues to search for a club.
Khama Billiat goes ‘missing’, fans react. Image: @KaizerChiefs/twitter
Gavin Hunt and SuperSport United have turned down the opportunity to sign former Kaizer Chiefs forward Khama Billiat.
The 33-year-old’s search for a club continues after he was told to stop training with Matsatsantsa.
After training for three days with the Tshwane club, Billiat was nowhere to be seen on Monday, suggesting that Hunt was not convinced with his ex-player.
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“We are not going to sign him, so it’s pointless to continue training,” said SuperSport United CEO Stanley Mathews told Sunday World.
Billiat is not the first ex-Chiefs player that Hunt turned down. During pre-season, Eric Matoho trained with Matsatsantsa before the club decided against signing him.
“Well I think… why isn’t Eric playing now? I think Eric knows the time has come – you know what I’m saying? I like Eric, he’s a good soldier, he was a great servant for Chiefs but the time has come,” Hunt said on This Is Football Africa Podcast.
Hunt decides against signing Khama Billiat
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Hunt said the man known as ‘Tower’ was right at the end of his career and didn’t make sense to sign him.
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“Why doesn’t he have a club now? Why am I not playing? Your legs go… so I feel sorry for him but with football clubs, people say oh clubs are not loyal, they are loyal, they look after you for a period of time and then the time comes where you too old and you must find a new club,” Hunt added.
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“I feel for him but that’s life, Eric came down but I already had three or four centre-backs and we couldn’t do anything – that was the main reason, but he’s also right at the end and he’s not playing, I feel sorry for him,” said the former Kaizer Chiefs coach.
