Cape Town City could lose the services of Nathan Idumba Fasika after just one season in the DStv Premiership with his agent confirming interest is brewing for the defender.
Fasika joined the Citizens in the off-season for a reported R700,000 from Linafoot outfit Saint-Éloi Lupopo and has become one of their standout players as they look poised to secure a top-three finish.
The DR Congo international has naturally started to attract attention with FC Zurich and FC Akhmat Grozny in Switzerland and Russia both said to be keen admirers.
“There’s a team in Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Isreal and Denmark, they are all serious since scouting the player, they know the chairman’s number but now it all depends on the money the club will ask. But I know John will never block a player from leaving, he sold Benni McCarthy, he sold Pienaar, he knows what he’s doing, he knows his job,” his agent Faustino Mukandila tells iDiski Times.
While head coach Eric Tinkler previously stated they won’t be selling in the local market in the off-season and the agent stating it’s unlikely, Mamelodi Sundowns are notably in the market for a new centre-back ahead of next season.
And while a move is unlikely at this stage, Mukandila admitted that should they come in with a tempting offer, it could change the minds of the Citizens to part ways with one of their most prized assets.
“I don’t think John would ever consider the PSL market now,” he continued.
“Why would he improve other teams when now Cape Town City could be the second-best in the league this season, so I don’t think so – unless Mamelodi Sundowns make a huge offer to John, it’s business at the end of the day but I don’t think it interests the club or Nathan.”
Story: Lorenz Kohler.
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