Kaizer Chiefs legend Itumeleng Khune is at a crossroads after parting ways with his beloved Amakhosi. Will he move to another PSL side?
Khune reveals pay-cut
The 37-year-old stopper was reportedly the second-highest earner at the club before he and Keagan Dolly’s contracts could down. Dolly topped the list with an alleged R1.4 million a month, while Khune’s packet was around R480k a month. Factoring in a 50% pay cut mentioned below, that number would have been R240k monthly.
“Unfortunately, it’s becoming a trend that at a certain age and obviously with the bracket that you find yourself in when it comes to the payments, obviously clubs are looking into that nowadays and the older you are, the less money you must get. Those are the kind of decisions that you also have to make at some point,” Khune said as quoted by SABC Sport.
“With my situation, for years I’ve been reading and hearing that, now, Itu has agreed to take 50%. So, for me it wasn’t all about money anymore, it was about playing football and making people happy like I’ve been doing hence I’ve taken those salary cuts, I asked the club.
“It’s not about the money anymore, it’s about the love of the game but there was nothing I could have done because the club gave me the respect and said, ‘You can go wherever you wanna go if you wanna continue playing,” he added.
One-club man at Kaizer Chiefs, so far
Khune amassed 347 appearances for Chiefs, the only club of his professional career.
“I didn’t see myself representing any other team in South Africa apart from Kaizer Chiefs which I’ve played for, for my entire career. So, I didn’t see myself wearing another jersey.”
What does the future hold?
Now a partner at Top Bet, the iconic 37-year-old Itumeleng Khune is still determined to continue his career as a player. This is according to SoccerLaduma:
“There have been clubs which have inquired about him though nothing really came up and now his representatives are looking at offering him to clubs which could be looking at signing a top-class, experienced goalkeeper. As I have said, he still wants to play until at least 40 years of age. You know goalkeepers are like fine wine. They mature with age. That’s where he is now,” the Siya source stated.
Will Khune continue playing for a couple more years?
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