Kaizer Chiefs Football Manager Bobby Motaung has explained the club’s inactivity in the January transfer window, saying they are happy with the squad and would only enter the market for a special player.
Chiefs have strangely remained inactive in a rather frenetic January transfer window that has seen their adversaries adding to their already strong squads.
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Defending league champions Mamelodi Sundowns have yet again bought big – the Brazilians bringing in Colombian Brayan Leon, who has already made his mark with two goals. Add to that the fact they’ve also signed Bafana Bafana defender Khulumani Ndamane and secured former Orlando Pirates winger Monnapule Saleng.
Pirates, on the other hand, showed they mean business with some serious transfer window activity, which saw them adding the highly-rated Andre de Jong from Stellenbosch FC and also signing Zimbabwean international Daniel Msendami from Marumo Gallants, along with his teammate Mpho Chabatsane.
Even Sekhukhune United, themselves in the championship race mix, added to their squad – Eric Tinkler’s team bringing in Ivorian winger Tidiane Diomande, the highly-rated Bradley Mojela and former Bafana Bafana midfielder Lebo Phiri.
However, Chiefs have remained inactive and only added SA youth international Xhosa Manyana to strengthen their own DStv Diski Challenge side, while sending a few players out on loan. Motaung insists they are happy with their squad, as some of their 12 signings from before the campaign started haven’t even featured yet
“Of course, we can never say no should a special player come along. When that happens, we will obviously have a look. But we are happy with the depth of our squad,” Football Manager Bobby Motaung told iDiski Senior Writer Matshelane Mamabolo, explaining that injuries had been their undoing in the initial stage of the campaign.
“Those players are now coming back. Also, we made a good number of signings at the start of the season, and some of those players are yet to play.
“You must realise that joining Chiefs is not an easy thing, and some players will take a long time to settle so they just need to adapt and gel into the squad, and we will be good.
“So we don’t want to fiddle with the squad.”
You can read a broader feature on Chiefs’ inactivity in the January transfer window where former Amakhosi assistant Farouk Khan questions the balance in the squad as well as the club’s long-term planning in this week’s iDiski Times e-paper.
