Bhasera joins Hoops?
After a wasted 2008/2009 season, former Kaizer Chiefs left back, Onismor Bhasera, will be playing for Queens Park Rangers.
Kaizer Chiefs club manager, Bobbie Motaung has said.
Bhasera, who last year opted for the English premiership side, Portsmouth Football Club, was embroiled in serious transfer wrangles with his former Naturena club arguing that he was a free agent while Amakhosi insisted that the player belonged to them. In an interview with CAJ News, Kaizer Chiefs club manager, Motaung, said his club was currently negotiating for a transfer fee with Queens Park Rangers having failed to agree terms with Portsmouth.
"Forget about the rumours being manufactured around Bhasera, he is our player. Currently we are negotiating for a signing deal with Queens Park Rangers on a club-to-club arrangement.
"We are convinced the deal will sail through anytime from now," said Motaung. He could not reveal the amount to exchange hands, but close sources claim the amount could reach the range of £500 000 pounds (about R5.5million). Bhasera, who is also the left back for the Zimbabwe Warriors national soccer squad, is believed to have suffered a severe blow during the year long wrangle between Kaizer Chiefs and Portsmouth.
Bhasera's close friend, Alois Bunjira, said the Queens Park Rangers deal would give him relief. "Onismor was badly affected financially, and we all hope everything goes well for him. The ownership wrangle between Kaizer Chiefs and then Portsmouth had impacted negatively on the player. "Presently Bhasera is training with Queens Park Rangers, and he strongly believe he would have achieved something positive when the June signing window closes," said Bunjira. Bhasera was invited to Queens Park Rangers by his former manager at Portsmouth, Ricardo Gomez, who also described the situation as a big "mess." Kaizer Chiefs still insist that the player is contracted to them while the player is adamant that he is a free agent.
