What the Siya crew has been told…

Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns have made their intentions clear with their interest in signing Elias Mokwana, with both clubs understood to have made contact with Sekhukhune United to initiate talks.

The player is viewed as a prized asset at Babina Noko, with the club said to also harbouring plans to potentially sell him overseas, should he be scouted during their ongoing CAF Confederation Cup campaign.

According to sources, as the season progresses and with the 24-year-old improving, his price tag has also been increasing.

“Sekhukhune have shown that they aren’t a club that doesn’t stand in a player’s progress and they are all about giving opportunities to allow for growth. That’s why Yusuf Maart was sold to Chiefs at the time he was one of the club’s top players. The same is likely to happen for Elias Mokwana,” said a source.

“Like Maart, Mokwana came from nowhere, so to speak, and has been allowed to grow with the team. The club is pleased with his progress, but that won’t stop them from selling him if a good offer is received,” the source added.

“Chiefs and Sundowns are interested in the player and talks have been initiated between the parties. But for any club that will sign him, it’s likely to be at the end of the season as the player is still very much in the plans at Sekhukhune for the current campaign,” the source continued.

Mokwana is understood to be left with three more years on his contract with the Johannesburg-based Limpopo outfit.

Babina Noko are looking for anything in the region of R30 million in their latest evaluation of their star man, according to informants.

“The club is looking for around R30 million for the player. That’s what Sundowns’ representatives were told when they enquired. This is a talented player who’s got age on his side and the club believes that he is an asset who can make them a lot of money,” an insider revealed.

“It was Chiefs who enquired first and at the time, the player was valued at R15 million. The asking price has since skyrocketed after the player was called up to the provisional Bafana Bafana squad. The club believes that he is on the radar of the senior national team coach and with a chance to make the Afcon squad at the start of next year. That would boost his chances of making an overseas move,” the informant added.

According to sources, Orlando Pirates, for their part, are understood to be monitoring the player’s situation from a distance with not a single word from their side as of yet…