Kaizer Chiefs Sporting Director Kaizer Motaung Jr. has confirmed that Amakhosi had talks with Stellenbosch FC over Fawaaz Basadien but couldn’t agree on terms.
Amakhosi are still in the market for new additions despite signing seven players already this window.
One player who they have tried to sign this window but not been able to is Stellies left-back Basadien, who has already scored three goals this season, with Motaung Jr. admitting the Cape Winelands side have put a high asking prize on the player because they can’t afford to lose more quality players.
“If you remember Rob Benadi’s comments, the CEO of Stellenbosch, he’s just waiting for the transfer window to close because it’s so destabilising,” he told Robert Marawa on Radio 947.
“I can imagine from a Stellies perspective, testament to them because Stellies did a tremendous job in recruitment, because everyone is talking about Stellenbosch players.
“So again, a top talent, great to see him in the international fold the other camp. I think he’s got great attributes. I don’t think there’s another team in the country that wouldn’t want Basadien – he has a great certain profile.
“A club of our nature wants to have quality players. We’ve had discussions with Rob, it’s not a secret, we made an offer to Rob before.
“He made it very clear about the price he had on Fawaaz. Again, when we re-engaged him again on the price, he made it clear they also want some stability.
“They lost Deano to Pirates, they lost Iqraam, Oura is gone now also. They also need to keep hold of certain players and our people need to understand it’s a two-way street, other clubs also want to keep their best players.”
When quizzed whether the door to Basadien is completely shut, Motaung Jr. insisted it depends on
“The door on all quality players is never shut,” he quickly replied.
“All doors are open, we want to reinforce the team as best as we can. The doors are open and the cheque only has a certain amount of space.
“At the end of the day it’s also market-related. Everyone puts a value on their fact and they’re entitled to that [but] it’s got to make business sense.
“We try our best to bring the best.”
