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Shopane, Twala, Rorwana and Thibedi have not returned to the Amakhosi headquarters to prepare for the new campaign.
Kaizer Chiefs players who spent last season on loan at Swallows FC have yet to report to work at Naturena. objective can exclusively reveal.
According to a source from the Amakhosi camp, Sizwe Twala, Ayanda Rorwana, Itumeleng Shopane and Given Thibedi have not participated in Gavin Hunt’s training sessions for the past two days.
“The four loaders have not returned to the Village. Surely the management knows why they have not been training,” said the source. objective.
The quartet did not need an extended break as Swallows FC ended the campaign on the final day of the 2019-20 season when the team won automatic promotion to PSL without entering the play-offs.
And thus their absence from Amakhosi training grounds has drawn attention, all the more so because most fans expected Hunt to take a closer look at them before deciding whether any of them will be part of his plans for the next season.
The source said no decision has been made on the future of the four players from the Soweto giants, and this could be because the Chiefs are waiting to hear the outcome of their appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
“That has not been discussed. It could be that the club is waiting for the CAS ruling,” the source concluded.
Shopane, 23, appeared in 18 of Swallows’ 30 games and found the back of the net only once last season.
He had been in and of the Amakhosi team since his promotion to the first team three years ago.
Twala, also 23, joined Swallows in January and was only able to manage five appearances for the club under Brandon Truter.
Rorwana wasn’t a regular for the Dube Birds either, having only played four games, all off the bench.
The only player Amakhosi fans have urged management to recapture and fill the void left by George Maluleka is Given Thibedi.
The 23-year-old midfielder was heavily involved in promoting Swallows to PSL, scoring four goals in the 23 games he started despite being a midfielder.
Overall, Thibedi played 25 games for the Dobsonville-based team last season.
