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The 30-year-old left-back briefly trained with Amakhosi, but was later released after the club lost its transfer ban appeal at CAS.
Swallows FC defender Sifiso Hlanti says there has never been any agreement that he will join Kaizer Chiefs when they can sign players again.
The former Bidvest Wits man was training with Chiefs until recently, when the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) dismissed his transfer ban appeal.
It was speculated that Amakhosi’s coach Gavin Hunt gave Hlanti a training base at Naturena prior to the lifting of transfer penalties and was eager to sign the player.
But Hlanti has joined Swallows on a two-year contract with the option to extend it for one more year.
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“Coach Gavin gave me a mandate to say, ‘You know what boy, what’s better for you than staying home is that you need to stay fit.’ There was nothing confidential. For me and coach Gavin, I think we have a good relationship in terms of any aspect of football, ”said Hlanti. SAFM.
“We’ve come a long way, so training with the Chiefs was just to stay fit and try to do what I can do best without sitting at home doing nothing. So I decided to go train. No there is no fix [that I will sign Chiefs when they are able to sign players again]. What people say are just rumors. “
Hlanti spent four and a half seasons playing with Hunt at Bidvest Wits and his training with the Chiefs increased speculation that he was about to join Amakhosi, subject to a favorable judgment from CAS.
After losing what seemed like a golden opportunity to reunite with Hunt, Hlanti says she has no hard feelings.
“No, it wasn’t difficult [to leave Chiefs and join Swallows] because there was nothing confidential. I was just training with the team to keep my fitness level high. It wasn’t worth sitting around at home doing nothing. There were no hard feelings when I left the Chiefs, ”Hlanti said.
“In football, anything can happen. I could say that I was gone forever, from which I think my performance could put me in a good space where I could sign somewhere else besides Cheifs.
“Gavin is a good person besides the fact that he is a coach. He’s a good person to me because he plays the role of a father figure to any of his players, so that’s what matters the most. Entering the field of play, you want to see your team delivering all the time, striving to win games. He has a winning mentality. “
During his training stint at Naturena, Hlanti was joined by his former Wits teammates Phathutshedzo Nange and goalkeeper Brandon Peterson, who were also released to search for new clubs.
Nange has joined Stellenbosch, while Peterson has yet to find a new home.
