There are more questions than answers emerging around the alleged foot injury that scuppered Rivaldo Coetzee’s transfer from Ajax Cape Town to Scottish champions Glasgow Celtic. The Celtic physiotherapist‚ who flew to Cape Town to examine the Bafana Bafana centre-back‚ found degeneration in a bone in the right foot of the 20-year-old‚ which led to a decision to call off the £800,000 move. But Ajax have since referred Coetzee to two foot specialists in the Mother City and have been handed a different diagnosis. One doctor said it was a condition that had not caused any problem to Coetzee’s career and would not in future. As a result, Ajax are going to consult one or two more specialists to try to get to the bottom of the condition. "It sounds that it is really not as bad as first thought, but we wait until a definitive diagnosis comes‚" said club director Mich d’Avray on Thursday. "He has played with this for the past two years and really not complained about it at all. Obviously, th...
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