Chiefs have finally signed Yusuf Maart. Photo: Kaizer Chiefs website
REVEALED: How much Chiefs spent to secure Maart signing
Kaizer Chiefs had to splash the cash in order to secure the services of Yusuf Maart from Sekhukhune after the deal nearly collapsed.
Chiefs have finally signed Yusuf Maart. Photo: Kaizer Chiefs website
On Tuesday night it was confirmed that Kaizer Chiefs have signed Yusuf Moegamat Maart on a three-year deal with a two-year option.
Maart arrives from Sekhukhune FC where he spent two seasons in the GladAfrica Championship and DStv Premiership. He played a total of 29 matches in the season that has just ended and scored three goals for Babina Noko.
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The midfielder’s club performances have earned him nine national team call-ups between 2021 and 2022, and he is now a regular in the Bafana Bafana set-up.
Maart will join the team for pre-season training this week.
Chiefs are believed to have expressed interest in Maart as far back as January, but Sekhukhune were apparently not in favour of selling their captain at that time.
According to SABC Sport, when Chiefs first tabled an offer for Maart, it reportedly came in at less than the valuation placed on him by Sekhukhune. After the first offer was rejected, however, it’s said that a second bid believed to be around R5-million was put forward by Amakhosi and accepted after the deal was once left in a precarious place.
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Chiefs could still sign one more player before next season
With preparations for the 2022/23 season already in full swing, Chiefs have added five more players to the squad, with the arrival of Dillan Solomons, Kamohelo Mahlatsi and Lehlogonolo George Matlou from Swallows FC, Siyethemba Sithebe from AmaZulu, and the official promotion of Mduduzi Shabalala from the Chiefs Reserve side set to bolster the Glamour Boys’ quest for glory.
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Having already secured the services of Ashley Du Preez and Zitha Kwinika for the next three years earlier this month, Chiefs management and the technical team have been hard at work to try and acquire the right players to fit into the system that will hopefully bring DStv Premiership success in the coming season.
