Sensational news reaching the Siya crew is that Maritzburg United have released, Delron Buckley, Dillon Sheppard and Robyn Johannes with immediate effect.

It appears as if coach, Steve Komphela, is already planning on building his squad for next season, and has decided the trio were not in his long-term plans.

The timing of the players' release comes as something of a shock - The Team of Choice still have four league matches to play, and are still involved in the later stages of the Nedbank Cup.

However, the three players have hardly featured under Komphela in recent times, and the crew understands they've been instructed to no longer attend training.  

It's unclear at this stage whether the three experienced performers have recieved a pay-out upon their release, or whether they will recieve their salaries to the end of their current deals.

The crew will continue to investigate further developments in this regard.

Watch this space!