South African football giants Kaizer Chiefs are making headlines and this time it’s not related to their displays on the field but some administrative blunder.
Chiefs reportedly owe Zimbabwean club Chicken Inn R370 000 plus interest following the sale of defender Teenage Hadebe to the Turkish side, Yeni Malatyaspor, and most recently to the United States.
It is reported that Hadebe’s former club has since dragged Amakhosi to FIFA but the Johannesburg-based club has denied any wrongdoing.
Entertainment SA has discovered that Chicken Inn was initially under the impression that Hadebe had joined the Turkish side as a free agent.
It was however later revealed that Chiefs had been paid an undisclosed fee for his transfer.
“The Respondent, Kaizer Chiefs Football Club, has to pay to the Claimant, the following amount(s): USD 13,654.11 as outstanding remuneration plus 5% interest per annum as from July 7, 2021 until the date of effective payment; USD 7,724.64 as outstanding remuneration plus 5% interest per annum as from January 16, 2022 until the date of effective payment,” reported Sunday News.
“Full payment (including all applicable interest) shall be made to the bank account indicated in the enclosed Bank Account Registration Form.
“The respondent shall be banned from registering any new players, either nationally or internationally, up until the due amount is paid. The maximum duration of the ban shall be of up to three entire and consecutive registration periods.”
In the wake of weekend media reports carried by Zimbabwean media, Chiefs issued a statement via social media channels, rubbishing the report as ‘misleading’.
“Kaizer Chiefs notes the reports that are making rounds relating to the transfer of Teenage Hadebe,” read the statement on Twitter.
“Some news reports say: ‘Initially, indications are that Hadebe joined the Turkey club as a free agent. However, it was unearthed that the Arthur Zwane coached side indeed sold him, albeit for an undisclosed fee.’
“The club would like to categorically dismiss the reports as flawed and misleading.”
Hadebe joined the DStv Premiership club back in 2017 before joining Yeni Malatyaspor in Turkey two years later and he is now on the books of a Major League Soccer outfit, Houston Dynamo.
Should Chiefs be found guilty by FIFA, they face another transfer ban as they were slapped with a two-window transfer ban after they were found to have erred in not remunerating Fosa Juniors of Madagascar for the transfer of Arohasina Andrianarimanana.
The initial ban had a bad impact on Chiefs and contributed to the lengthy trophy drought at Naturena.
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