Why Pirates Could Wait For Reported Transfer Target

Bucs don't want to disturb their team's dynamics right now. The source added that the Houghton-based club has made contact with the player and his representatives so a move may be on the cards later in the year.

"Their interest in the player has never stopped. They had been talking to Royal AM at that time but they could not let him go because they have a very thin squad due to the FIFA ban on them not to sign players," said the Siya source.

"Now that he is released, Pirates have a great chance to sign him but apparently they will wait until the end of the season. Their reasoning is that they already signed players in January and they don't want to just overload the team at the moment with just a few months before the end of the season.

"However they seem to be talking to the player and his representatives for the July transfer window though he is a free agent right now. But they want to wait for the end of the season," the source observed.

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A second Siya source added that Pirates should be looking at offloading other players before bringing Mogaila in.

"Why they want to wait for the end of the season is because they want to open up some space by either releasing other players or loaning others out and bring in new players at the end of the season and Shaune (Mogaila) is one of the players set for an end of season move," said the second Siya source.

"It's almost a done deal but you know there are other loose ends which need to be tied before everything falls into place but things will happen in July," the source added.

Soccer Laduma contacted Pirates for comment no response was received before this story was published.