Kaizer Chiefs News Today: What club earned from WC, decision on on-loan player, transfer updates & more

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Kaizer Chiefs News Today: What club earned from WC, decision on on-loan player, transfer updates & more

Latest Kaizer Chiefs news, in the last 24 hours, including parent club makes decision on on-loan midfielder, week of changes at Amakhosi, what club earned from World Cup and more.

Parent club makes decision on Chiefs midfielder

Cape Town City have decided to part ways with young midfielder Xhosa Manyana, who was on loan at Kaizer Chiefs last season.

iDiski Times have it on good authority that the Citizens reached an agreement with the midfielder to part ways. 

Manyana recently finished his loan spell at Naturena where he spent six months playing for the DStv Diski Challenge side. The 20-year-old midfielder, who is capable of playing across the pitch, is a junior international, and was part of the COSAFA-winning Amajita squad in 2024.

Kaizer Chiefs sign Xhosa Manyana

He has had a great start of his career, winning the Engen Knockout Challenge with Cape Town City. His midfield skills saw him earning a loan move to MLS side FC Cincinnati before the short loan-spell with Chiefs.

His exit from City comes as no surprise as he hasn’t got a chance to showcase the talent at the senior side, only playing in the club’s reserve side before City’s relegation.

Week of changes at Chiefs?

With three departures already confirmed, another week full of changes has kicked off at Kaizer Chiefs, as the ambitious Soweto giants recalibrate the squad ahead of the 26/27 season.

Kaizer Chiefs have officially kicked off baseline preparations for the 2026/27 campaign at Naturena as they look to rebuild following a third-place finish.

The squad overhaul is part of a massive clearing out of deadwood ahead of a demanding domestic and CAF Confederation Cup season.

information reaching this publication, though the changes have only just begun at the Village. The second week of the side’s preseason preparations will mark another eventful week at Chiefs.

Kaizer Motaung and Motaung Jr, Kaizer Chiefs
Kaizer Motaung and Motaung Jr, Kaizer Chiefs

More player movements are expected in the coming days, with several futures still hanging in the balance at the club. Gaston Sirino, Fiacre Ntwari and Pule Mmodi are among those expected to leave Chiefs. Tashreeq Morris is closing in on a move to Durban City.

Chiefs to benefit from players’ World Cup involvement

Chiefs will earn about USD170 000 (approx. R2,79 million) for Bradley Cross’ World Cup finals selection even though he didn’t play.

There will be a further R78 000 for the two qualifiers that he was in the match-day squad for against Benin and Rwanda, with FIFA setting aside USD 100 million (approx. R1,6 billion) for clubs that released players for the qualifiers.

That totals a gross of R2,868 million to Amakhosi for Cross’ selection to the Bafana squad for the qualifiers and the finals.

The other money will also come from another four players that were in the club’s books when they were included in Bafana’s match squads for the qualifiers.

These were Mduduzi Shabalala, Sibongiseni Mthethwa, Given Msimango, and Thabiso Monyane.

According to FIFA, there will be approximately R39 000 paid to the Naturena-based outfit per player for each of the qualifiers in which they had a player in the match-day squad.

That will be a total of R351 000 for the four players’ involvement in the qualifiers.

Kaizer Chiefs defender Bradley Cross warming up during Bafana's World Cup campaign.
Kaizer Chiefs defender Bradley Cross warming up during Bafana’s World Cup campaign. Photo: Imago

The gross figure calculation due to the Soweto giants from the FIFA Club Benefits Programme will move to R3,219 million.

To receive these funds, there will be an online registration and validating process, with funds expected to then be paid via member associations of the clubs before the end of 2026 (subject to applicable tax).

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