The Kaizer Chiefs Naturena Village in all its glory. Image: Ernest Makhaya

RUMOUR: Kaizer Chiefs fan favourite REJECTS new contract offer

First-team football is more important than money.

by James Freemantle

10-05-2024 07:34

in Premier Soccer League

The Kaizer Chiefs Naturena Village in all its glory. Image: Ernest Makhaya

A Kaizer Chiefs fan favourite looks set to leave the club after seeing his first team minutes dry up like the Sahara desert.

Ngcobo wants to leave Naturena

As reported by SoccerLaduma, 29-year-old Amakhosi central defender Njabulo Ngcobo will leave the club at the end of the current campaign. Ngcobo has made only 11 appearances in the league this term with just four outings in domestic cup competitions.

“For now it’s getting difficult for the team to make the final decision on Njabulo (Ngcobo). They want to keep him when his contract expires at the end of the season but at the same time the player wants to go where he will play regularly. You know he joined Chiefs from Moroka Swallows where he was a regular and even won the Defender of the Season award but he has not been himself since he joined Chiefs and he wants to change that by moving to another team,” said the source.

Kaizer Chiefs defender Njabulo Ngcobo. Image via Twitter @njabulo_ngoboo

Kaizer Chiefs are in the thick of a battle for MTN8 football

Amakhosi have three matches left of the DStv Premiership campaign. Only two points separate them in eighth place (34) and AmaZulu in twelfth (32) so it’ll be an almighty scrap to finish inside the top eight. Polokwane City, Golden Arrows and Chippa are all in the thick of the race too but only one of these five sides will secure a place in next season’s MTN8. Chiefs can keep their fate in their own hands by beating AmaZulu and Polokwane and then strugglers Cape Town Spurs on the final day. However, we all know football isn’t that simple.