Kaizer Chiefs have been embroiled in a transfer saga with Zimbabwean club Chicken Inn, who have alleged that the Soweto giants could face another FIFA ban for monies owed in the sale of former defender Teenage Hadebe to Turkish side Yeni Malatyaspor. Chicken Inn claimed that Chiefs had not fulfilled their financial obligations to compensate them a percentage of the sell-on clause.
In response to the reports, Chiefs categorically dismissed them as “flawed and misleading”, stating that they had “fulfilled all the obligations in the transfer of Hadebe”. The Glamour Boys are also owed monies by Malatyaspor for the same transfer deal, according to an insider at Naturena.
The Siya crew has been led to believe that the Turkish side had not honoured their end of the bargain by the time Amakhosi issued a statement and the Soweto giants intend on paying Chicken Inn in full to avoid any confusion. Reports suggest that the delay in Malatyaspor dispersing parts of the transfer fee of Hadebe to Chiefs may have to do with the Covid-19 pandemic, which severely affected Turkish clubs in the same season the Zimbabwean moved to Malatya.
Turkish clubs in the SuperLig lost significant income from TV revenue after rights holders BeIn Sports stopped payments for several months during the pandemic. The Turkish association was also advised by FIFA on the matter to negotiate salary cuts with players, which could have been the reason Hadebe moved to United States of America side Houston Dynamo in June 2021.
