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A South African football legend has waded into the debate involving Khama Billiat’s indifferent stay at Kaizer Chiefs, boldly stating the Zimbabwean star should leave the Soweto giants.
Since his arrival at Amakhosi in 2018, Billiat has dismally failed to repeat the sparkling form that saw him earn rave reviews at both Ajax Cape Town and Mamelodi Sundowns.
Persistent injuries have also dogged Billiat, who has only managed to score twice in 11 appearances this season.
And former Kaizer Chiefs and Bafana Bafana midfielder Linda “Mercedes Benz” Buthelezi believes it is about time the club accepts the relationship between them and Billiat is not working.
The Warriors star’s contract with Chiefs expires at the end of the season, but the Soweto giants have an option of extending it by another year.
“Hey, Billiat must go, my brother, he is doing nothing for us,” Buthelezi told KickOff.com.
Buthelezi earned 27 caps for the South African national side between 1994 and 1997.
He was part of the Bafana Bafana squad that won the 1996 African Cup of Nations on home soil.
Buthelezi also played for Jomo Cosmos, Orlando Pirates, Mamelodi Sundowns and SuperSport United.
“I am a Chiefs person mina; he must go. I don’t think Chiefs signed him because they wanted to invest in him in a sense of selling him overseas.
“If that was the case we would have seen it by now.
“We can see from far that we invested in him so that he would score goals for us. That didn’t happen. So he must just go…the option they have on him means nothing, my brother.
“An option is not as agreement, it’s a recommendation. It means nothing,” he added.
“I don’t think he will be signed for another season because he gave us nothing ever since he arrived.
“It’s not like he will be missed. What we need are good defenders and also someone who will score goals for us.
“It’s not like we don’t have such players in this country. If you can go to Baroka, they play good football, they have talented boys there, even Black Leopards have good players there.
“You can sign a few of them here and they will be very serious once they get here.
“You can say they are leaking goals and they are in the relegation zone, but even (Jomo) Cosmos had good players but they were relegated.
“You don’t only invest by paying someone; it also depends on the returns. We don’t have Billiat’s returns thina.
“So he must leave so that we can promote a few youngsters. The coach must be allowed to sign three or four players of his choice, and add another three from development.”
Billiat’s current deal is set to expire at the end of the season and Egyptian giants Al Ahly and Zamalek are believed to be interested in the 30-year-old player. – Sports Reporter/Kick Off
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