Kobamelo Kodisang has been broadly linked with Kaizer Chiefs regardless of Portuguese outfit Braga SC having triggered a two-year extension choice on the contract of the winger.
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There has been discuss that Braga supposed to mortgage Kodisang out to the decrease division, which isn’t an interesting prospect for the previous Bidvest Wits playmaker who moved to Braga three years in the past.
“Braga have exercised their option on Kobamelo, that’s a further two seasons,” his agent Mike Makaab defined to SABC Sport final month. “They’ve informed us that their intention is to loan him out to a second division team, which we are not happy with – we are not going to accept nor does the player want to do that.”
In one other interview with GagasiFM, Makaab additional revealed that talks have been being held between all events, whereas confirming that Naturena may nonetheless be a possible vacation spot if Kodisang does go away the Portuguese facet
“The two clubs value the player differently, that is the case here. We cannot reach an agreement. The deal is deadlocked,” Makaab mentioned.
“The deal is not dead and buried. However, it will take something special to unlock it. We are facing challenges,” he added.
As it seems, Kodisang shall be leaving Braga SC, however received’t be heading to Chiefs. Instead, it’s reported that he’ll spend the 2022/23 season on mortgage at Portuguese Premier League membership, Desportivo de Chaves, with an choice then to make it a everlasting transfer.
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Who else continues to be on the radar of Chiefs?
Since final season concluded, Chiefs have dramatically overhauled their squad, and never solely have a number of new gamers been welcomed to Naturena, however numerous others are additionally mentioned to at present be on trial.
The membership is at present out there for a minimum of one striker or two as replacements for the departed Samir Nurkovic and Leonardo Castro.
Wayde Lekay was on trial at Amakhosi however apparently a deal received’t materialise. Bonfils-Caleb Bimenyimana and Sierra Leone worldwide Musa Kamara have additionally reportedly been below evaluation at Kaizer Chiefs.
Lesotho’s 23-year-old worldwide Katleho Makateng is now the most recent participant to be linked to Amakhosi, as reported by Tiyani Mabasa’s Unplayable on-line supply.
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So who’s Makateng?
While it is probably not a reputation acquainted to many, it’s clear that he’s a highly-talented teenager, as summarised beneath, in accordance to Wikipedia.
Makateng started his profession with native Pitseng facet Litšilo FC of the second division. He signed for a membership within the Lesotho Premier League for the primary time earlier than the 2020–21 season, becoming a member of Lesotho Defence Force FC. During his first season within the league, following the COVID-19 pandemic, he scored 20 objectives to win the golden boot award and break the earlier single-season purpose file of 18 held by Mojela Letsie and Motebang Sera.
Following the season, he then obtained the Players’ Player of the Year, Young Player of the Season, and Player of the Season awards on the annual league award ceremony, in further to the highest scorer award.
Makateng was a part of Lesotho’s under-20 squad that made it to the ultimate of the 2017 COSAFA U-20 Cup earlier than in the end falling to South Africa. He made his senior worldwide debut on 8 March 2022 in a warm-up pleasant in opposition to Eswatini as a part of preparation for 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification.
He went on to seem in each of Lesotho’s Preliminary Round matches in opposition to the Seychelles and scored his first two senior worldwide objectives within the second fixture as Lesotho superior to the Group Stage. Makteng was then named to Lesotho’s squad for the 2022 COSAFA Cup in July of that 12 months. In Lesotho’s opening match he scored his nation’s game-winning purpose in opposition to Malawi within the 2–1 upset victory.