Kaizer Chiefs defender Happy Mashiane is highly motivated to help improve his and the team’s performance after signing a new contract with the Soweto giants.

The 24-year-old recently extended his stay at the club after signing a three-and-a-half-year contract, which runs until June 2025.

Mashiane was among a group of seven players who recently extended their contracts at Chiefs and is now looking to help the club end their trophy drought as they take on TS Galaxy in the Nedbank Cup on Saturday.

“I am very honoured and happy to have renewed my contract with my club, Kaizer Chiefs. I went home after penning my extension. I went to see the family, having improved my contract, and they were all very pleased for me,” Mashiane told his club’s official website.

“So far, so good. I just need to work hard so that I can achieve more. I came to Chiefs at the age of 16, so I am enjoying my stay. Things are not rosy for us right now, but they will change. The team might not be doing so well at the moment, but I know this is home and I have to work hard to achieve what I want for me and the team.”

Mashiane is looking to take revenge on the Rockets, who defeated Amakhosi 1-0 in the 2019 Nedbank Cup final at the Moses Mabhida Stadium through a stoppage-time winner by Zakhele Lepasa on 18 May 2019.

“We all know when we come to Chiefs you must win trophies. We have not won anything in seven years. My ambition is to take the club back to its glory days. Hard work is going to take us back to the top,” he added.

“We have a history against TS Galaxy in the Nedbank Cup. Them defeating us in the final in 2019 was not nice. We know how good they are and how they play. Every game we play against TS Galaxy is like a final after what happened in 2019 and the way the team felt after that final.”