AmaZulu FC chairman Sandile Zungu gives the reasons why the club would not swap midfielder Siyethemba Sithebe for two players from Kaizer Chiefs.
According to media reports the 29-year-old Sithebe has already signed a pre-contract with Chiefs which has now seen him sidelined for the rest of the season by AmaZulu.
In an interview with KickOff.com, Zungu admitted that Chiefs had approached them with a swap-deal for Sithebe but rejected the proposed deal as they did not want the two players being offered.
“We were offered two players by Kaizer Chiefs,” Zungu tells KickOff.com.
“And we made it very clear that look, we not a dumping ground for rejects. Ja we were offered but we looked at the players that they were offering and we said no.
“So we will see with Sithebe, we were officially informed by Kaizer Chiefs that they were talking to him, but they haven’t come back to us ever since. They know what our expectations are if they have to get him by end of January. If they can’t get him in January we will do what’s in our best interest,” Zungu said.
“We don’t know when they need the player, but if they need him in this January transfer window they know what should happen. The other two players we rejected, we don’t need them. I won’t mention their names, they may be good for other teams but they are not good enough for AmaZulu.
“We are not a dumping ground for other team’s rejects, AmaZulu of old and AmaZulu of today – our brand is very important and we need to protect it,” he added.
