{"id":12715,"date":"2021-06-27T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-27T18:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?p=12715"},"modified":"2021-06-27T17:15:48","modified_gmt":"2021-06-27T17:15:48","slug":"five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final","title":{"rendered":"Five Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>JOHANNESBURG \u2013 For an ordinary institution, three days is a long time. But not if your name is Kaizer Chiefs.<\/p>\n

The Naturena-based club have to make quick decisions about the future of some of their players before their contracts expire at midnight on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Chiefs are set to face Al Ahly in the final of the Caf Champions League on July 17. And that\u2019s why we look at five players who might have their contracts extended, for at least a month, so that the club has a full complement of players in Casablanca.<\/p>\n

Bernard Parker \u2013 captain<\/b><\/p>\n

Parker is arguably the most versatile player in the Chiefs\u2019 squad. His ten years at Chiefs have been valuable, and something the younger players should look to emulate. Despite his love-hate relationship with the supporters, he has been the coaches\u2019 mouthpiece on the field.<\/p>\n

Willard Katsande \u2013 midfielder<\/b><\/p>\n

Katsande was one of the integral figures in Chiefs win over Wydad Casablanca in the semi-finals. He bullied their midfield, and was an instrumental backup in defence. He may not be the fastest or tallest player on the pitch, but his physique has been key.<\/p>\n

Lebogang Manyama \u2013 midfielder<\/b><\/p>\n

Manyama is Chiefs\u2019 leading top goal scorer with eight goals this season. His scoring prowess helped Chiefs to secure a top eight finish in the league. He missed the semi-finals due to an injury. But when he\u2019s fully fit, he can score and assist as well.<\/p>\n

Bruce Bvuma \u2013 goalkeeper<\/b><\/p>\n

Before missing out on the second leg of the semi-finals after being in isolation, Bvuma was Chiefs\u2019 cult hero between the sticks in Tanzania and Morocco. He\u2019s learnt from the best at international level as well. And his confidence is high at the moment.<\/p>\n

Khama Billiat \u2013 attacker<\/b><\/p>\n

Billiat has been far from his best since joining Chiefs from Mamelodi Sundowns. But his experience is invaluable. After all, he was key to Sundowns triumph in the competition in 2016. He can tire the opponent’s defence and score when he\u2019s fully fit.<\/p>\n

@Mihlalibaleka<\/p>\n

IOL Sport<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. JOHANNESBURG \u2013 For an ordinary institution, three days is a long time. But not if your name is Kaizer Chiefs. The Naturena-based club have to make quick decisions about the future of some of their players before their contracts expire at midnight on Wednesday. Chiefs are set to face Al Ahly in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":12714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[274,315,275],"class_list":["post-12715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-south-africa","tag-south-africa-2"],"yoast_head":"\nFive Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final - South Africa<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"JOHANNESBURG \u2013 For an ordinary institution, three days is a long time. But not if your name is Kaizer Chiefs. The Natur ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Five Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"JOHANNESBURG \u2013 For an ordinary institution, three days is a long time. But not if your name is Kaizer Chiefs. The Natur ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"South Africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-06-27T18:00:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/img-60d8b220deade.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"405\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Five Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-27T18:00:30+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final\"},\"wordCount\":352,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/img-60d8b220deade.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-South-Africa\",\"South-Africa\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final\",\"name\":\"Five Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final - South Africa\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/img-60d8b220deade.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-06-27T18:00:30+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"JOHANNESBURG \u2013 For an ordinary institution, three days is a long time. But not if your name is Kaizer Chiefs. The Natur ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/img-60d8b220deade.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/img-60d8b220deade.jpg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":405,\"caption\":\"Five Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Five Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/\",\"name\":\"South Africa\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Five Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final - South Africa","description":"JOHANNESBURG \u2013 For an ordinary institution, three days is a long time. But not if your name is Kaizer Chiefs. The Natur ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Five Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final","og_description":"JOHANNESBURG \u2013 For an ordinary institution, three days is a long time. But not if your name is Kaizer Chiefs. The Natur ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final","og_site_name":"South Africa","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2021-06-27T18:00:30+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":405,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/img-60d8b220deade.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Five Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final","datePublished":"2021-06-27T18:00:30+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final"},"wordCount":352,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/img-60d8b220deade.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-South-Africa","South-Africa"],"articleSection":["all news","homepage-english","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final","name":"Five Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final - South Africa","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/img-60d8b220deade.jpg","datePublished":"2021-06-27T18:00:30+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"JOHANNESBURG \u2013 For an ordinary institution, three days is a long time. But not if your name is Kaizer Chiefs. The Natur ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/img-60d8b220deade.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/sites\/31\/2021\/06\/img-60d8b220deade.jpg","width":720,"height":405,"caption":"Five Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/all-news\/five-kaizer-chiefs-players-whose-contract-could-be-extended-ahead-of-champions-league-final#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Five Kaizer Chiefs players whose contract could be extended ahead of Champions League final"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/","name":"South Africa","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/south-africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}