Kaizer Chiefs have reportedly agreed to sell one of their key and most prized possessions to a club abroad.
Chiefs are currently out in the Netherlands as they begin to step up their preparations for next season.
Amakhosi arrived in the European country on Friday and after taking the day to settle, they got to it Saturday. The Chiefs squad was pictured going for an early morning run, similarly to their route in Turkey last season. Then in a video released later on the same day, it was seen that vice-captain Inacio Miguel was leading the side. Upon investigation it was noticed that regular captain Yusuf Maart had not been spotted at all before and during the trip so far.
Maart set to join SV Ried
This publication then reported that the cause of his absence was due to an imminent move abroad. Chiefs were believed to have agreed a deal with an unnamed Austrian Bundesliga team for Maart’s services. That team then ending up being revealed as newly promoted SV Ried!
Now as all parties look to finalise the deal, Soccer-Laduma reports Ried will pay Chiefs R15 million for Maart!
“The deal is as good as done. It’s believed that Chiefs have asked for R15 million from SV Ried. They are making good business with these players moving away. They did the same with Teenage Hadebe, Siyabonga Ngezana and recently Thatayaone Ditlhokwe. So they have done the same with Maart. It’s believed they are money when least expected,” said a source to the same publication.
Chiefs to make R15 million?
This comes as a surprise to many as Maart was believed to have just triggered his one-year option with Chiefs. It is a move that sort of mirrors that of former Amakhosi centre-back Siyabonga Ngezana. The player was a divisive figure within the club’s fan base but left having finished his last season strong. He went over to Europe in a shock move and has grown in leaps and bounds since. Maybe the same will happen when the midfielder moves to Ried.
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