French club courts Billiat

SOUTH African football clubclu champions Mamelodi Sundowns may lose forward Khama Billiat before the transfer window closes next week, w with interest coming from French Ligue 1 side Rennes,R Sowetan has learnt. The Zim Zimbabwe national team star is set to follow te teammate Keagan Dolly to France, having g grown to become one of the best players on the continent. Dolly is joining Montp Montpellier, also in Ligue 1. Sun Sundowns have refused to comment on Billiat’sB link with Rennes. “There is noth nothing in writing that we have received ( (forfor Billiat). We will only comment if there is a written offer, but at this stagest there is nothing official. We get inquiriesin for our players but we will only give a full statement when there is somethingsom on the table,” said the club’s spokesman,spo Thulani Thuswa. BilliatB was also not available for comment,com but suggested in a TV inte interview that he will discuss his future with thet club. “I will go back to my club since I am still contracted and committed to them, then w we can talk about my future and we can see what they say about my future; and if there is a w way forward we can then decide,” he said after Z Zimbabwe were knocked out in the group stagestag of the ongoing Afcon. The player’sp agent Edzai Kasinauyo was also not available for comment. The 26-year-o 26-year-old joined the Brazilians on a fiveyear year cont contract in 2013 from Ajax Cape Town. Billiat hasha been playing in the Premier Soccer LeagueLe since the 2010/11 season. — Sowetan.