Kaizer Chiefs winger Velebayi ‘was draining, & as an ex-player, it’s not nice’

Cape Town Spurs knew they were not in a position to stop winger Asanele Velebayi from Kaizer Chiefs.

The 22-year-old joined the Glamour Boys as a free agent after the Urban Warriors were demoted to South Africa's third tier, meaning players were not under professional contracts as per the laws governing the game in Mzansi.

Velebayi's agent, Lance Davids, has now opened up on the case between the involved parties, which was eventually won by the young attacker.

I knew what the outcome will be

“I've said this to many people, and I'll always say this, I will never go on social media about these types of things, but, to be honest, the Velebayi saga is not a new rule. t's an old rule that's been there for years, and nothing has changed. In my opinion, I've been in many cases with Cape Town Spurs or Ajax Cape Town, and this is what these people do – they drill and make it out to be whatever they say,” he said as quoted by SABC Sport.

“Oh, we love our boys,' and this; so you will fight your own son for something that's good for him, so just to make it easier for everyone, and for myself, it was draining, and not in a bad way, I knew what the outcome would be in the end.

“It doesn't matter if we lost the case in South Africa, which we would never lose, but then we have to go to FIFA, and at FIFA it's clear that if you're an amateur or go into the amateur ranks, you can't have a professional player playing in the amateur ranks,” he continued.

It was draining for Velebayi

“I was so happy and, unfortunately, with Asanele, he must not know the legalities and things so it was draining for him, and as an ex-player, it's not nice,” Davids continued.

“You want to go now on your new journey and start off, so it was draining for him, but in my opinion it was a very straightforward case; I don't know why everyone was making out like, ‘Wow, we feel sorry for Cape Town Spurs.'

“Yes, of course, Cape Town's football has now gone a little bit down because of their situation, and yes, they developed good players and they've been good with giving youngsters the opportunity.

“But I think they were 100 percent wrong in what they were doing, it was not right, and everyone who knows football and is inside the football fraternity, they knew this case would never be won by Spurs, there's no chance,” he concluded.