Kaizer Chiefs Marketing & Commercial Director Jessica Motaung has rubbished claims that Amakhosi don’t want to pay big fees in the transfer market.
The Glamour Boys are yet to announce any new signings ahead of the 2025/26 campaign but have parted ways with five players so far.
There have been claims in recent years that Chiefs are unwilling to spend big on new signings and rather look at free agents – but those have been labelled as “absolute nonsense” by Motaung who insisted her side spent big last season, especially on the technical team.
“Chiefs pays a lot of money. So I’m actually quite surprised. I think it’s absolute nonsense,” she stated when asked if Chiefs are beaten to signings because others want to pay more.
“If I look at our budgets, and I look in the investment we make into players and into the transfer space… I think also the South African market needs to evaluate itself – Are the negotiations fair? Are the prices people are asking for players fair? I mean, we have to look at our look at our industry.
“But certainly we have made sure and you can see from our investment in the last season, not only in the players, but in the technical team, you can see that Chiefs is putting its money where its mouth is.
“It’s a matter of making sure that we evaluate and make sure that our spend gives us the return that we need.”
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