Kaizer Chiefs could lose starlet as three clubs show interest

Kaizer Chiefs have delayed giving this starlet his official debut, and several clubs are now hovering over his head ahead of the new season.

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Kaizer Chiefs' Aden McCarthy in the DStv Diski Challenge Image via @asidlali on X

Kaizer Chiefs could lose promising starlet Aden McCarthy even before he could make his official debut for the club.

McCarthy has been part of the Chiefs senior team since 2022 but he continues to feature for the DStv Diski Challenge (DDC) team.

The 21-year-old utility defender was recently called up to the Bafana Bafana squad that faced and beat Egypt.

This was a two-legged CHAN qualifier tie which Bafana Bafana won on aggregate and advanced.

Furthermore, McCarthy was, last week, instrumental in helping the Chiefs DDC team beat Orlando Pirates to stay top of the log.

Now, according to FARPost, three clubs are keeping a close eye on McCarthy ahead of the upcoming season.

And those clubs are TS Galaxy and Marumo Gallants who campaign in the Betway Premiership as well as Casric Stars in the Motsepe Foundation Championship.

While both TS Galaxy and Gallants want to buy McCarthy from Chiefs, Casric Stars are reported to be interested in signing him on loan.

McCarthy, however, will be optimistic of getting his debut for Chiefs before the end of the current campaign.

This is due to an injury suffered by left-footed centre-back Rushwin Dortley coupled with the departure of Thatayaone Ditlhokwe.

Chiefs have looked a bit shaky at the back but whether or not Nasreddine Nabi is willing to reshuffle his back four to accommodate McCarthy remains to be seen.