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Left-back Bafana Bafana has resurfaced in the Dube Birds, a day after Amakhosi released him
Swallows President David Mogashoa has confirmed the signing of former Bidvest Wits defender Sifiso Hlanti.
The 30-year-old had been training with Kaizer Chiefs for just over a month, hoping to land a contract if the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) had lifted the transfer ban from the Soweto giants.
But after TAS rejected the Chiefs’ appeal, the club released Hlanti, along with goalkeeper Brandon Peterson and midfielder Phathutshedzo Nange, who were also training at Naturena.
However, the length of Hlanti Swallows’ contract has yet to be released.
“Welcome to Birds Nest Hlanthi,” Mogashoa announced on social media.
🖊 welcome to Birds Nest Hlanthi @Moroka_Swallows pic.twitter.com/HV2PjS2Vo1
– David Mogashoa (@DavidMVM) November 3, 2020
Hlanti joins a host of other players, including Keagan Ritchie, former Orlando Pirates star Thabo Matlaba, Ruzaigh Gamildien and Sammy Seabi, who have joined Swallows for the 2020/21 season.
The Dube Birds have been one of the most active clubs in the transfer market, signing at least 14 new players.
The Soweto side has also extended loan deals from the Kaizer Chiefs quartet, Given Thibedi, Ayanda Rorwana, Sizwe Twala and Itumeleng Shopane.
Hlanti could make his Swallows debut when he visits Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila for a Premier Soccer League match on Wednesday, as they look to build on the draw and win they had recorded in their campaign so far.
It’s still unclear where Peterson and Nange are headed after the Chiefs allowed them to join teams of their choice.
After failing on his appeal to CAS, Amakhosi’s coach Gavin Hunt is working with the players he inherited from former coach Ernst Middendorp.
The former Bidvest Wits coach had hoped to sign Hlanti, Peterson and Nange, all of whom he coached on the now-defunct team.
The strategist’s hands are tied in the transfer market as he witnesses a forceful attacking force from the Chiefs with forwards who have yet to score goals in four games as head forward Samir Nurkovic is injured.
Also a nervous defense, easily unlocked by the Sundowns and Pirates, is another concern for Hunt.
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