Kaizer Chiefs Transfer News: Zitha Kwinika opens up on return to Amakhosi as talks with Ghana Premier League forward set to begin
Kaizer Chiefs have strengthened their squad with at least seven new signings ahead of the 2022-2023 season with more additions expected to join the Premier Soccer League giants.
The likes of Kamohelo Mahlatsi, Zitha Kwinika, George Matlou, Dillon Solomons, Ashley du Preez, Yusuf Maart and Siyethemba Sithebe have completed their moves to Kaizer Chiefs this summer.
They continued to be linked with a move for players outside South Africa as Ghana Premier stars Franck Thierry Mbella Etouga, Abdul Ganiyu, Afriyie Barnieh be linked.
In a devastating news, Chiefs have seen Tanzanian league champions Young Africans sealed a move for Ghanaian International James Akaminko in a free transfer.
Chiefs are expected to open talks with Hearts of Oak for forward Afriyie Barnieh. But before that new recruit Zitha Kwinika has opened up on his return to Amakhosi seven years after he first departed the South African club.
As one of seven new players roped in by Chiefs, the 28-year-old came full circle when he returned to his boyhood club following stints with Bidvest Wits, Chippa United and more recently Stellenbosch, where his inspiring performances prompted Chiefs to fork out a transfer fee of R3 million as reported by the Soccer Laduma.
Kwinika has been going through his paces in Chiefs’ pre-season camp in Polokwane and has opened up on how his return to the club came about.
“The move back to Chiefs came about as a result of my hard work from the previous season. It was on the cards and the team recognised it was time for me to come back again. I’m in a good state and ready to represent the team again,” he told the club’s official website.
Kwinika has gotten acquainted with his new Chiefs teammates and based on the evidence he has seen so far, reckons that his side will be an unstoppable force in the 2022/23 season.
“It’s going to be a great season. It’s not only about me, but about the group at large. Everyone in the team knows the pressure there is to come to rectify what has happened at the Club. It’s high time now for the Chiefs faithful to have a smile on their face.
It won’t be an easy journey, it’s important that everyone comes together as a group. If we do it as a team, there’s so much potential, so much quality in this group that I don’t see anything or anyone that can stop us. It’s a case of getting together and making the Khosi faithful happy again,” he added.
Chiefs are confident of sealing a move for Afriyie Barnieh from Ghana Premier League outfit Hearts of Oak. The Ghanaian International’s contract run out soon with the Hearts stacked in the process to renew Barnieh’s contract.
Barnieh, 21, is said to set his sight on Chiefs’ move.
