Marumo Gallants chairman Abram Sello has shot down rumours suggesting that winger Katlego Otladisa is close to joining Kaizer Chiefs in the January transfer market.
The future of the 25-year-old has become the subject of fevered speculation after the player recently posted an image of himself playing against Kaizer Chiefs in a Premiership fixture.
Posting a short message under the picture he posted, Otladisa wrote: “Wizard. Time soon can’t wait.”
And the player’s agent, Nimrod Mbhalati, added fuel to the fire after admitting that one of the country’s ‘big three’ had expressed an interest in the player.
However, Mbhalati did not name the team in question, telling iDiski Times: “There are the offers, even from the big three, but I’m not in a position to say which team it is from the big three, so if you didn’t hear it from me, take it as a rumour.”
When asked to comment on the recent rumours relating to Otladisa’s future, Sello ruled out a January departure.
“Everybody just writes to do news hype. No, no – we are not into that,” Sello told TimesLIVE.
“We want to build up our club as well. For now there is nothing. Remember we still are placing building blocks here.
“And then it’s not that we won’t entertain the market at the right price.
“But for now let’s allow us to build them, have quality, develop them and then maybe we would consider [selling players].
“For now, no, there is nobody being sold. [Ndabayithethwa] Ndlondlo too. It’s just stories.”
