New revelation in Khama Billiat and Kaizer Chiefs situation! 

Khama Billiat’s contract situation at Kaizer Chiefs seems to be taking a new twist every week, but there seems to be more clarity now.

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Billiat is set to see his contract at Chiefs come to an end in the winter, with many initial reports suggesting that he would be released. 

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Despite  only featuring nine times this season, the former Zimbabwe international has statistically still been one of the best performers for Chiefs this season. Billiat has not kicked a ball in 2023 but is still Chiefs’ joint top assist maker along side Keagan Dolly with just four assists. That in itself highlighting how desperate the need is for the Glamour Boys to add a playmaker to their ranks. 

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On the other side, it has probably been the reason why Chiefs seem to have, at least in recent weeks, made a U-turn on what was thought to be a clean break for both parties. Since Billiat started training on the pitch again, the club is thought to have been more positive about his future, and really started exploring a scenario where both parties reach a compromise in order to move forward. 

Billiat and Chiefs have one-year option?

In the last week, it was reported by this publication that Billiat has been told by Chiefs that he can stay at the club, provided he takes a pay cut. In the same week, a further report came out saying that the club and player were talking about a one-year extension to his contract at the club. The narrative of the tricky forward staying at the Soweto giants seems to now be the more dominant and now according to iDiski Times, the player is thought to already have an existing one-year contract extension option on his original deal with the club. 

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The difference though seems that it is not an automatic extension but allows both parties to assess the best way forward, which seems to be what is happening at the moment. The advantage of such a situation is that, usually there is already set conditions agreed as grounds for extension of the deal like, pay cut percentage or pay increase percentage based on performances and or appearances. 

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That should allow both Chiefs and Billiat to negotiate within a more structured environment and hopefully help both parties come up with a suitable solution quicker.