Why Velebayi Wasn’t Sold To Chiefs

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Asanele Velebayi’s agent has given insight into why the deal between Cape Town Spurs and Kaizer Chiefs never transpired. Lance Davids of Football First was a guest on MetroFM on Monday, and amongst other topics, explained why the exciting young midfielder’s transfer did not happen in this last window. Davids said that while Chiefs did make two offers for the 21-year-old, neither offer was accepted by Spurs, as they were below their valuation of the player. “There was a lot of back and forth,” Davids said on MetroFM. “Of course, Chiefs put in an offer, the value was too low

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Jali Reveals How Coach Barker Converted Him Into A Midfielder

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Chippa United midfield enforcer Andile Jali’s surprise revelation on how coach Steve Barker converted him from a right winger to a midfielder was after the team fell short in that role due to injuries. This was during his days playing for the University of Pretoria under the tutelage of coach Barker between 2008-2009, who led his charges all the way to the Ke Yona final where they narrowly lost 1-0 to Moroka Swallows. AmaTuks had the likes of Jali, Mthokozisi Yende, Bongani Zungu, Washington Arubi, Mame Niang just to mention a few amongst others. Barker’s charges sprung a few surprises

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Mangezi Cites Ex-Chiefs Star As His Idol

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New SuperSport United striker Nokutenda Mangezi says he grew up idolising Zimbabwe legend Knowlege Musona. The 19-year-old signed for SuperSport, joining from Simba Bhora in the Zimbabwean Premier League, while he was also on the books of Harere-based academy Real Betis. He becomes the latest talent from the country to make the move to the country, following in the footsteps of some of his nation’s greatest strikers, including current teammate Terrence Dzvukamanja. “So when I started playing there was Terrence, Khama Billiat, there’s [Tendai] Ndoro, there were a lot of guys [playing in South Africa], but growing up we all knew

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Riveiro On Entering Stage Of Africa’s Elite Clubs

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Orlando Pirates head coach Jose Riveiro says it was one of their primary objectives to rub shoulders with the African giants this season. Pirates secured a place in the group stages of the CAF Champions League after a 3-0 aggregate win over Jwaneng Galaxy, exercising the demons of the previous season where the Botswana Premier League champions dumped them out of the competition. And they did it with professional displays, scoring seven goals, and conceding none in their four games in the preliminary rounds. “For us, it was one of our main objectives to be in the group stage, it’s

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North Africa, Chiefs & Downs – Agent Reveals Why Appollis Move Failed

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Lance Davids, the agent of Oswin Appollis, has revealed that Polokwane City owner Johnny Mogaladi went ‘missing in action’ several times as clubs were trying to conclude a deal for the Bafana Bafana winger. Appollis, 23, was one of the hot properties during the recent transfer window but ended up staying at Rise and Shine, despite some serious interest in his services. Davids gave a lowdown of the different offers from ES Tunis, MC Alger and Mamelodi Sundowns his agency Footballfirst were trying to facilitate with Polokwane City, but Mogaladi was just not keen on selling and played hide and

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16 Big-Name Players Who Could Still Move After PSL Deadline

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The Premier Soccer League transfer window closed on Friday, but that doesn’t mean local clubs must be done with their transfer business, as the following 16 players are among a host of free agents. Players, who were out of contract before the window closed, can still be snapped up on a free transfer by any PSL club. And after the current transfer window, there are some big hitters who are left in limbo and without a club. The most valuable free agent is Lebo Mothiba, 28. The Bafana Bafana striker has parted ways with Racing Club Strasbourg after six years at the

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Motsepe Clears Air On AFCON 2025 Concerns

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The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations will have all their biggest football stars present, according to The Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Dr. Patrice Motsepe. Africa’s premier football event has come under the microscope in recent times with the bloated global scheduling of football and the newly expanded FIFA Club World Cup taking centre stage during the period when AFCON was due to be hosted in Morocco. There have now been concerns that the elite clubs around the globe and potentially the players would have reservations about the mid-year AFCON, with the dates set for 21 December 2025 and

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Khanye – Why Pirates Need To Sign Zungu

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Former Kaizer Chiefs winger Junior Khanye believes Orlando Pirates need a holding number 6 player like Bongani Zungu if they are to progress further in the CAF Champions League. The Buccaneers saw off Botswana’s Jwaneng Galaxy 1-0 in the second leg to qualify for the group stages for the first time in five years with a 3-0 aggregate score, with Khanye not impressed with the players who currently play in that position, emphasizing on how the likes of Makhehleni Makhaula lost balls and did not even possess the arrogance to boss the position. Zungu has been a free agent since

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Mokoena Reveals His EPL Favourites

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Former Bafana Bafana captain Aaron Mokoena has named Manchester City as his to win the Premier League title this season tittle this season. The 2024/25 season has only played five rounds so far and City who are the defending champions are top of the log with an unbeaten record. Pep Guardiola’s charges have dominated the league in recent years having won six of the last seven titles, and four in a row. The former Blackburn Rovers and Portsmouth defender spoke to iDiski Times editor Rob Delport in edition 172 of the newspaper where he said even if the season has

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