PSL TRANSFER WINDOW
Phakamani Mahlambi on Downs wish list
Sundowns coach Pitso Mosimane has made no secret of his admiration for the player
With just days to the close of the transfer window‚ Mamelodi Sundowns’ bid to entice Phakamani Mahlambi to the club remains the subject of intense negotiations with‚ ironically‚ his former club Bidvest Wits at the heart of the matter. Sundowns are trying to buy the prodigy from Egypt’s Al-Ahly but are only offering about R11.3m, according to sources. That would represent a major financial loss for Ahly‚ who paid R21.5m to Wits for his services 12 months ago. Given that Mahlambi has not settled in Cairo‚ failed to make the expected impact and has already put in a transfer request‚ Ahly might be tempted to cut their losses‚ but not to that extent. Plus‚ they must pay Wits a sell-on fee of R6.6m for any sale of the player‚ irrespective of how much they receive for him. Ahly want Wits to waiver this, but the Johannesburg club are allegedly not budging. They anticipated that when they sold Mahlambi he would go on and do well at Ahly and be resold to Europe‚ so they worked into the origin...
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