Former Chiefs Star Won’t Be Coming Back To SA Anytime Soon

Lawrence Siphiwe Tshabalala is a South African professional football midfielder who plays for Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor in the Turkish Süper Lig, and the South Africa national football team.

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Tshabalala’s business manager Jazzman Mahlakgane has made it clear that the former Kaizer Chiefs assailant won’t be returning to South Africa at any point in the near future.

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Reports surfaced in the media a month ago proposing the player is no longer eager to remain on in Turkey if his group Erzurumspor are chopped by the relegation axe, with some linking the midfielder with a comeback to former team Kaizer Chiefs.

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The 34-year-old ‘Shabba’ has made 15 appearances in the league for the Turkish side, who are as of now second from the bottom of the log with one more match to play this season. They could get relegated this Saturday, regardless of whether they beat Kayserispor far from home.

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“You realize I’ve been responding to that question regularly,” Mahlakgane said when quizzed by the media.

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“Indeed, even the previous evening it was the main inquiry that individuals continued posing to me. This kid isn’t returning. He isn’t returning. People take a gander at the current Chiefs structure and link it to Shabba…no he’s most certainly not. He isn’t returning.”

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Mahlakgane says ‘Shabba’ is better off searching for a club in Europe, before considering a return to Mzansi.

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“That [getting relegated] doesn’t mean anything to Shabba as far as returning. It could be just…we will search for another club. I believe that is the thing that befuddles people since they know that this [Turkish] club isn’t looking so great.”

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As per Mahlakgane, Tshabalala has a year to keep running on his present arrangement with the club.

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“He is as yet contracted for one more year. Like I’m stating to you the important choice will be whether he is staying on the off chance that they get relegated. No, he isn’t returning by the righteousness of what’s happening to Kaizer Chiefs, no.”