Today’s Kaizer Chiefs news wrap has rumours on Percy Tau, Dzenan Zajmovic and a fee for Yusuf Maart’s move to Austria.
Skipper Maart is finalising a switch to the Austrian Bundesliga with newly-promoted SV Ried.
Percy Tau’s future remains a subject of feverish debate.
Pitso Mosimane’s son heads to Italy
Maart to Austria for a relatively small fee
Central midfielder Yusuf Maart, a senior and well-respected member of the Kaizer Chiefs squad, is taking his opportunity to move to Europe just before his 30th birthday. The industrious midfield man is said to be making the switch to Austrian Bundesliga side SV Ried for a fee in the region of €725k (R15 million). That might sound like a decent figure for the club, but let’s do a quick projection exercise. Let’s assume SV Ried keeps Maart for a year and then opts to sell him to a much wealthier club. What sort of fee could they attract? At least triple what they paid Chiefs for his services? Do European clubs have any respect for football teams in South Africa?
All Chiefs squad numbers, including Monyane, Mako, and Shinga
Tau could return to South Africa
In an interview with Robert Marawa, Bafana winger Percy Tau sounds as though a return to South Africa could be on the cards if the price is right.
“I am Kaizer [Motaung], I at Naturena offer you R450,000 a month. Do you accept?” Robert Marawa asked Percy Tau.
“For how many years?” Tau asked.
“You sign two with an option,” Marawa added.
“Perfect,” Tau confirmed.
Zajmovic is available
30-year-old Bosnian Dzenan Zajmovic bagged seven goals and two assists in the league last season, as well as three goals from two Nedbank Cup outings. The country’s big clubs could be interested in signing the Belgium-born star on a free transfer this winter.
Is Tau good enough to play for one of South Africa’s Big Three?
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