Kaizer Chiefs are reportedly being snookered into a big player sale. However, any potential departure comes with a big upside.
Kaizer Chiefs to sell Lilepo for a big profit?
Chiefs spent €500 000 (approx. R9,3 million) to bring Glody Lilepo to Kaizer Chiefs from French third-tier side Valenciennes in January 2025. Roughly 18 months later, the club looks set to sell the 28-year-old for almost double that amount. Moroccan giants AS FAR are keen to sign the Congolese star for a rumoured R16.5 million, who has become one of the club’s most reliable operators, so a sale would be somewhat of a surprise. He bagged five goals and four assists in 27 league outings last term in a mostly wide attacking role. With news that Khanyisa Mayo is likely to sign permanently after his loan spell, it’s not out of the question that Lilepo could leave Naturena after arriving from Valenciennes in January 2025.
Player exits confirmed by Chiefs
Happy Mashiane, George Matlou, Aden McCarthy, Gaston Sirino and Tashreeq Morris are all no longer on the playing staff at Kaizer Chiefs. Mashiane and Matlou have battled injury issues, and 22-year-old Aden McCarthy has moved to Azerbaijan, while Sirino and Morris, both the ‘wrong’ side of 32, are deemed surplus to requirements. Goalkeeper Renaldo Leaner and defender Thabo Moloisane have arrived to start their work at the club. It’s believed that the club will also turn Khanyisa Mayo’s loan move into a permanent one.
Messi vs Yamal at the World Cup
Two players with strong ties to FC Barcelona will dazzle the planet during Sunday’s World Cup final. 39-year-old Lionel Messi, who scored 672 times in 778 appearances for Barca between 2005 and 2021, meets 19-year-old Lamine Yamal, the current wearer of the fabled number 10 jersey at the Catalan giants.
Defending champions Argentina meet Spain on Sunday in the World Cup final. Messi will be winning his 207th cap. The Inter Miami man comes into the showpiece occasion as the World Cup’s all-time top scorer (21) and assister (12). Incredibly, those assists have been for 11 different players. Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez is the only player to have been assisted twice by the great man.
