SPECULATION about the future of goalkeeper Itumeleng Khune at Kaizer Chiefs continues to rage as Amakhosi line up to face Bidvest Wits in Wednesday night’s Absa Premiership fixture at FNB Stadium.Conjecture was fuelled on Tuesday by a full-page advertisement published in major newspapers for the Carling Black Label Cup. The advert depicted the Chiefs and Pirates lineups but the Chiefs squad did not include Khune.The Bafana Bafana goalkeeper and his agents have been in prolonged negotiations with the club to renew a contract that ends next month.Khune, who has had an injury-plagued season, has not been brought back into the starting lineup since being sent off for earning a double booking for wasting time, and then remonstrating with officials in Chiefs’ 1-0 win against AmaZulu on April 9.He seems unlikely to feature for the new champions again tonight after the strong performances in goal of the towering Reyaad Pieterse.Chiefs football manager Bobby Motaung would not comment on Tues...
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