Chiefs Learn from Blom Mistake: Secure Promising Youngster’s Future

Kaizer Chiefs have secured the future of one of their promising youngsters, Bontle Molefe, by tying him down to a new long-term contract. Reports indicate that the 20-year-old goalkeeper has penned a three-year deal with Amakhosi.

The move is believed to have been made to avoid a potential replay of the Njabulo Blom saga. Blom’s contract was left to run into its last six months and as a consequence, Chiefs received much less than what they would have liked for their midfield star.

Molefe is a product of the Chiefs development structures and has worked his way up to the first team where he is now the fourth-choice goalkeeper. He enjoyed an assessment in Europe with Belgian outfit KVC Westerlo alongside Mduduzi Shabalala, another who has set the scene alight for Chiefs this season.

Molefe is yet to make an official appearance for Chiefs – but club insiders have identified the shot-stopper as the club’s future number one and their latest move to hold onto him is the biggest indicator thereof.