REVEALED | When Orlando Pirates fans will know if Andile Jali is rejoining! 

The situation between Orlando Pirates and Andile Jali is seemingly heating up by the day, with a reunion thought to be possible between the two parties.

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The Former Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Jali has reportedly turned down an offer from Wydad Casablanca, after Pirates links resurfaced.

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Jali was exiled from the Sundowns squad due to reports of the midfielder attending training still under the influence of alcohol. Before that incident, it was thought that his former club Pirates were interested in his services, while their arch-rivals Kaizer Chiefs were even strongly rumoured to be readying a January offer to try and tempt the veteran to jump ship ahead of the second half of the current season. For Chiefs, however, their approach reportedly came to a halt after the drinking incident, with club sporting director Kaizer Motaung Jr coming out publicly to say the club were never keen on the player. On the Pirates side, their interest came before they signed another veteran midfielder in Makhehlene Makhaula. Since then, it has appeared that there have been very little if any links between the two parties.  In fact It has since been the likes of SuperSport United, Stellenbosch FC, Cape Town City FC and AmaZulu who have been credited with an interest in Jali’s services since. 

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Most recently, however a strong link to Moroccan giants Wydad Casablanca had emerged, with the club thought to already be in talks with Jali’s people over a possible deal. It then emerged that Jali had rejected the opportunity to sign for the Tunisian giants, saying he has no intention of leaving the country. That seemed to spark even more rumours surrounding a move back to Pirates.

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Now according to iDiski Times Pirates could indeed be closing in on Jali, with his agent Mike Makaab saying when the picture will be much clearer. 

Pirates to re-sign Jali next week?

“No [he has not joined a new club], not as yet, but we hope for more clarity next week. We are now actively in talks with other clubs, as you can imagine there’s lots of interest, It’s just a matter of making sure that both the football club and the player are happy, not only financially but from a sporting perspective too. We wanted to finalise everything first with Sundowns, which has been done.And now that it has been finalised we are free to turn our attention to the next move and you don’t want to make a mistake [with his future]. There’s been a lot of speculation, if you read into that, you would assume the negotiations are far advanced which isn’t true.” He said to the same publication.

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So by next week, there could either be an official confirmation or unconfirmed reports that Jali has finally resigned for Pirates.