The 28-year-old attacker is believed to have turned down
multi-million rand offers from African giants like Raja Casablanca (Morocco)
and Zamalek (Egypt), as well as from Angolan side Petro de Luanda.
According to the player’s representative Mike Ngobeni,
Billiat’s fine individual performances for the Warriors at the Africa Cup of
Nations in Egypt is what earned him the interest, even though Zimbabwe were
knocked out in the group stage.
The fact that Billiat could not win anything in his first
season at Chiefs is thought to be the main reason he has decided to stay at
least one more year with the Soweto giants, even if he will not be involved in
continental club football for the first time in a while.
“He is happy there bro,” Ngobeni told KickOff.com.
“Nothing much to say except he is happy to stay at Kaizer
Chiefs for another season. He wants to win something with Kaizer Chiefs.”
Although the 2018/19 season was not a good one for Amakhosi
as they finished outside the top eight, Billiat was one of the top performers,
scoring 14 times.
Meanwhile, SuperSport United CEO Stan Matthews has
explained why the club decided to acquire the services of Kudakwashe Mahachi
from Orlando Pirates.
Mahachi was with the Buccaneers for one season before he
was signed by Matsatsantsa, making 19 appearances in all competitions for the
Buccaneers last term.
He could not get into the starting line-up regularly, as
the likes of Vincent Pule and Luvuyo Memela were ahead of him in the team.
“First of all with Boateng going, Bash (Onismor Bhasera) is
our only recognised left back, which means Aubrey (Modiba) might have to spend
a little bit more time at left back this season, in which case it’s good to
have another attacking option like Mahachi,” Matthews told KickOff.com.
“At the time same time Aubrey is a player we feel has the
capacity to go play overseas, so we wanted to be ahead of the game in a way to
say if Mahachi comes in and does well, when we lose Aubrey it’s not going to be
so terrible for the team because Mahachi would have already come in and shown
what he can do and that he can pick up the goals and assists that Aubrey
contributes.
“That’s our thinking over there.” — Kick-Off.
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