AmaZulu chairman Sandile Zungu has revealed that Usuthu rejected two Kaizer Chiefs players in a swap deal for Siyethemba Sithebe, because they were “not good enough”.
Sithebe seems destined to join Amakhosi after agreeing to a pre-contract with the Soweto giants according to reports in local media.
However, Chiefs are also trying to sign him this window already and have offered two players in a proposed swap deal.
Zungu, though, insisted that the players were not good enough for AmaZulu and pointed out that Chiefs know what they need to do if they want the midfielder before the end of January.
“We were offered two players by Kaizer Chiefs,” Zungu told Kick Off.
“And we made it very clear that look, we not a dumping ground for rejects. Ja we were offered but we looked at the players that they were offering and we said no.
“So we will see with Sithebe, we were officially informed by Kaizer Chiefs that they were talking to him, but they haven’t come back to us ever since. They know what our expectations are if they have to get him by end of January. If they can’t get him in January we will do what’s in our best interest.
“We don’t know when they need the player, but if they need him in this January transfer window they know what should happen. The other two players we rejected, we don’t need them. I won’t mention their names, they may be good for other teams but they are not good enough for AmaZulu.
“We are not a dumping ground for other team’s rejects, AmaZulu of old and AmaZulu of today – our brand is very important and we need to protect it.”
