If their recent transfer business is any indication. Kaizer Chiefs‘ status as the glamorous team of South African football is fading. The Amakhosi were unable to complete all their transfer targets during the mid-year window. Their rivals went about their business without incident.
Among other failings, The Kosi Bay News detailed how Mamelodi Sundowns beat them to the signature of Teboho Mokoena and Sipho Mbule, while talks to sign Mamelodi Sundowns bound Terrence Mashego between Chiefs and Cape Town City broke down. The club said in a statement on its website that there was reluctance by other teams to sell them, players, during the mid-year transfer period.
it read:
“The club did enquire about the availability of some players with a few clubs in the league during the January transfer window period, but there was general reluctance from some of those clubs to do business even though the players expressed their interest in joining Amakhosi.”
Bobby Motaung once claimed that Kaizer Chiefs’ battle to sign big-name players is affected because no club in South Africa wanting to empower Amakhosi.
Terrence Mashego will sign a four-year contract with Mamelodi Sundowns. His departure from Cape Town City is expected to be finalized this week, according to media reports.#45min | #Sundowns | Mashego | Kaizer Chiefs pic.twitter.com/kY5IzvO7O7
— 45Min Football (@45minfootball) September 14, 2022
