The representative of the Olympic team of South Africa, Thabo Cele, will not be a footballer from Radomiak Radom .
The midfielder was on the tests in the Ekstraklasa club and presented himself positively, he even received praise from coach Dariusz Banasik.
So why didn’t the club decide to hire him? The reason was the exorbitant financial expectations of his environment.
Yesterday it seemed that Thabo Cele’s transfer was on the home straight. – I liked this player. I watched him more closely during small and big games, I followed his career. A couple of weeks ago, he was playing at the Tokyo Olympics, full games, I watched them. He is a valuable player, I do not want to prejudge, but it is quite possible that a quick decision will be made and he will join us. We just wanted to see what it looks like against the background of our players and it is very positive.
The problems started when both sides sat down to financial negotiations.
Transfers. Thabo Cele will not play in Radomiak
When the South African youth national team representative came to Radom , it was said that he would be a relatively cheap footballer. He trained in good academies, but spent his entire career in the second Portuguese league, so even playing at the Tokyo Olympics was not a huge bargaining chip. Indeed, when it comes to salary, the requirements of Thabo Cele and his manager were not much of a problem. Worse, that as a free player, the footballer – or his agent – wanted to delete a large commission for the transfer and the amount for the signature. Radomiak, despite his positive opinion, gave up further talks and if there is no sudden turn of action, we will not see Objectives in a green T-shirt.
The club is now focusing on negotiations with the Brazilian Luizao. We are still waiting for full agreement with the footballer who is currently in Ukraine. If it happens, he will be ready to play “for now”, so Dariusz Banasik will be happy because he will not have to wait for the player to rebuild. On the other hand, Cele, from what we hear in Radom, has an offer from the second Portuguese league. The media in South Africa also informed about the interest in him on the part of Kaizer Chiefs, a team from the local Ekstraklasa.
