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Dax isn’t a Chiefs player – Harivola

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Andriamirado 'Dax' Andrianarimanana

Kaizer Chiefs are yet to make contact with Madagascan outfit Fosa Juniors despite confirming the signing of Andriamirado Andrianarimanana from the club.

The Soweto giants took to their official website last week to announce the signing of the Cosafa Cup Player of the Tournament, however, the club’s spokesman Ando Harivola admitted that news of the player’s reported move came as news to him.

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‘We knew that some people from Kaizer Chiefs spoke directly to the player,’ he told Times Live.

‘We said to him‚ “OK‚ we cannot keep you here‚ we know for your career it is good to be at a big club like Kaizer Chiefs”.

‘But we said to him‚ “tell the Chiefs people that they should get in contact with us and we can work on a proposal”.

‘We heard nothing‚ and then even wrote an email to Chiefs‚ telling them that we are open to talks if they want to sign the player.

‘Still to this day we have not had a response.

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‘Then we saw on the club website that he had been signed. We asked the player‚ how is it possible that you are now a player for Chiefs? Have you signed any contract?

‘He said he had not signed a formal contract‚ only a letter which was a proposal,’ he added.

According to Harivola, Andrianarimanana still has two years left on his current contract, which means Chiefs will have to engage in contractual negotiations with the player, who was said to be a free agent by Chiefs manager Bobby Motaung.

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The basis of Motaung’s statement stems from the fact that the Madagascan league is not recognized as a professional one, which means Chiefs snapped him up as an amateur.

‘We will keep our word to the player‚ who has a contract with us until 2020,’ Harivola continued.

‘If Chiefs come with a transfer proposal we will listen to them.

‘For our club‚ it would be a great honour to see one of our players in the South African league‚ but we must follow proper procedure in terms of transfers.

‘There are now five clubs in Madagascar that for the past three or four years have been giving a salary to their players so that these players can be professionals‚’ Harivola said.

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‘He is very worried that he will be found to have two contracts‚ but we have told him that we will do everything to protect him and that he should just concentrate on his football‚’ Harivola said.

‘The Malagasy FA [football association] has also said they will not issue his clearance without our go-ahead,’ he concluded.

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