Khama Billiat Chiefs

Khama Billiat of Kaizer Chiefs during the DStv Premiership 2022/23 match between Kaizer Chiefs and AmaZulu. Photo: BackpagePix

Latest on Billiat contract news, injury battle at Chiefs

Khama Billiat seems to face an increasingly uncertain future at Kaizer Chiefs in the midst of an injury issue and soon-to-be-expired contract.

Khama Billiat Chiefs

Khama Billiat of Kaizer Chiefs during the DStv Premiership 2022/23 match between Kaizer Chiefs and AmaZulu. Photo: BackpagePix

Billiat, who is a former PSL Player of the Year, has endured a tumultuous time of ups and downs at Kaizer Chiefs ever since heading to the club in 2018 from Sundowns.

Injuries and poor form have prevented Chiefs fans from seeing the best of Billiat on a consistent basis, while his latest contract is set to come to an end in June.

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Zwane was asked about Billiat’s future at a Nedbank Cup press conference on Monday, and he was giving nothing away.

“Look, everything boils down to one thing; profiling players, the plan for next season,” Zwane said on Monday as quoted by Soccer Laduma. “I am not going to say who is going to be part of the team next season or who is not going to be part of the team. We don’t know as we stand, only time will tell.

“Khama is a big boy, he understands that things do happen in football. Some of the things are beyond our control. We’re just hoping that things will change for the better.

“We have been encouraging him but not only him. [Eric] Mathoho has been in a similar situation where he has been battling with injuries. [Phathutshedzo] Nange, Cole Alexander, they are going through it and they are dealing with it because the team is also offering help psychologically.”

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Billiat is out for the rest of the season due to injury

Just recently, Reeve Frosler and Dillan Solomons were the latest to be added to the injury list, while Billiat and Nkosingiphile Ngcobo have undergone surgery.

Club physiotherapist, David Milner added some further detail regarding the nature of the injuries and the prognoses for the return to action of the players mentioned by Zwane, explaining: “Currently, our injury list consists of Khama Billiat, who had surgery to repair a torn groin muscle. He’ll be out for the rest of the season. Nkosingiphile Ngcobo tore a thigh muscle and needed quite extensive surgery on it. He’ll be out for about three to four months.

“Reeve Frosler had a fracture to his jaw which then had to get wired together. He’ll be out for between six and eight weeks. Dillan Solomons dislocated his left shoulder. It looks like he’ll be able to be treated conservatively and we expect him to be back in four to six weeks.”

On a more positive note Milner suggests that one key player is not far from a full recovery.

“Cole Alexander has come out of the moon boot. He has started running again and we are hoping to get him back into training soon and then we’ll progress from there,” he said.

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Cole Alexander of Kaizer Chiefs and Themba Zwane of Mamelodi Sundowns. Photo: @KaizerChiefs/Twitter
Cole Alexander of Kaizer Chiefs and Themba Zwane of Mamelodi Sundowns. Photo: @KaizerChiefs/Twitter