Orlando Pirates, Kaizer Chiefs and Mamelodi Sundowns reported target Elias Mokwana has a surprise in store in terms of where he might move to next, the Siya crew has been informed.
Soccer Laduma recently revealed how Chiefs could be entering the race for the Sekhukhune United forward.
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However, Siya sources close to Sekhukhune United and the player have now indicated that all three clubs could ultimately lose out on the player.
Sources have added that the reason for this is because Mokwana is now receiving interest from Europe, and that he would prefer to go abroad.
There are also question marks over whether the three most famous clubs in the PSL could even afford him, according to the source's evaluation.
"Yes, there is a lot of interest in the player and you have to know that now it has emerged that there is interest from Europe and that has put a spanner in the works. It will make it a bit difficult for the local team to push for his move because the club will now be looking at the bigger picture which is Europe," said the Siya source.
"But you can't write anything off because this is football and it's full of surprises. But with the European interest it changes a lot about the player," the source observed.
A second source added that Sekhukhune may only let the player join the highest bidders with the club valuing the 24-year-old very highly, and that is quite surprising considering that only last season he was playing for Platinum City Rovers in the Motsepe Foundation League.
"What I am saying is that he would move to Europe or the only club that could sign him that has (the right amount of) money. This is because Sekhukhune United are looking at a range of R40 million for Elias (Mokwana). He is one of the most enterprising forward players right now. You know he is not an outright striker but he is very dangerous when he is in the goalmouth area and that increases his value," said the second Siya source.
"Yes, the club is aware of local interest as well as the European interest hence the price tag on his head is close to R40 million. The team who will really value him has to fork out that amount as it stands right now," the source told Soccer Laduma.
Mokwana had joined Babina Noko at the start of the current season and has played consistently in the DStv Premiership. Soccer Laduma reached out to Sekhukhune United for comment but no response was received while preparing this story.
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