Kaizer Chiefs Explains Jambo Payout
Published: 2014 October 23 15:08:15 (6064 Views)
ZIMBABWE international left-bak Zhaimu Jambo, who has been forced to cut his career after failing to recover from a horrific injury is set to pocket R1, 5 million from his parent club Kaizer Chiefs as insurance should he opt for retirement or the pay-out will be halved should intend to continue his career most probably on the domestic league, Kaizer Chiefs has exclusively revealed to Gemazo Blitz.
Jambo, one of the talented left-backs to emerge from the domestic Premiership has been sidelined by injury since 2012 and the former Gunners skipper decided to call time on his career in June after realising he could never fully recover fitness.
Technically, Jambo can still feature in the local Premiership carrying the injury as the club do not conduct medical tests but would fail a medical test should try his luck with South African team and abroad which effectively ends his international career. However, should Jambo decide to retire from football he would get R1, 5 million and not R1 million as some South African publications suggested this week as insurance cover? Should he decide the carry on with his career it would halved and the club interested in him will negotiate the transfer fee with Kaizer Chiefs since his contract lapses in June next year.
Vina Maphosa, the Kaizer Chiefs communications manager told Gemazo Blitz that it was up to the player to either opt for retirement or continue with his career. Maphosa said the club has been holding a series of marathon meetings to discuss the exit package for the Jambo who served Kaizer Chiefs since 2009, when he joined then Premiership side Gunners now in Division One. The injury that he Jambo picked also complicates things for Gunners as they also due to pocket 30 percent of the transfer fee had the player been signed in Europe, according to a clause in the release contract between Gunners and Kaizer Chiefs signed in 2009.
"Jimmy (Zhaimu Jambo) is intending to retire due to the injury. We are currently in talks with him with regards to his exit package. The player has the final say whether he wants to continue playing and or to retire for good. We cannot force to accept the retirement package it's up to him. We are discussions with him and is always at the office with him to discuss the matter but I cannot a timeline when will conclude but will have until June next year to conclude when his contract with Kaizer Chief ends," Maphosa said.
Jambo suffered a terrible knee injury on October 19, 2012 during a Telkom Knockout first round match against Bidvest Wits following a robust collision with fellow countryman Tinashe Nengomasha and has not played since then. He tore both the anterior cruciate ligament as well as the posterlaterial corner and had immediate surgery. Technically, Jambo can still play with a strapping to his knee but chances of him playing international football are over maybe in the ‘local league'.
‘Jambo has been getting his salary just like every player at Kaizer Chiefs but I cannot divulge how much it is. I cannot comment on that part of the professional contract. We would be infringing on his rights to privacy but the negotiations for his exit are on-going," Maphosa said.
Jambo joined the Kaizer Chiefs in 2009 in the same month that Chiefs signed a pimply teenager called Knowledge Musona, then a greenhorn at Aces Youth Academy before he went to conquer the football world. Kaizer Chiefs also signed veteran Thomas Sweswe in the same month from Dynamos. Jambo's stock was rising until black day in 2012 when a crunch tackle snuffed out his football.
Jambo also played for the national under 20 and 23 sides. Zhaimu, who was with Zimbabwean giants Dynamos since 1999 as an Under-13 player until he became a reserves player, joined Gunners since their formation in 2005. He later became a regular member of the locally based Warriors where he scored directly from a corner kick at Rufaro in Zimbabwe's 2-0 win over South Africa in a Chan Final qualifier, second leg late in 2008
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Jambo, one of the talented left-backs to emerge from the domestic Premiership has been sidelined by injury since 2012 and the former Gunners skipper decided to call time on his career in June after realising he could never fully recover fitness.
Technically, Jambo can still feature in the local Premiership carrying the injury as the club do not conduct medical tests but would fail a medical test should try his luck with South African team and abroad which effectively ends his international career. However, should Jambo decide to retire from football he would get R1, 5 million and not R1 million as some South African publications suggested this week as insurance cover? Should he decide the carry on with his career it would halved and the club interested in him will negotiate the transfer fee with Kaizer Chiefs since his contract lapses in June next year.
Vina Maphosa, the Kaizer Chiefs communications manager told Gemazo Blitz that it was up to the player to either opt for retirement or continue with his career. Maphosa said the club has been holding a series of marathon meetings to discuss the exit package for the Jambo who served Kaizer Chiefs since 2009, when he joined then Premiership side Gunners now in Division One. The injury that he Jambo picked also complicates things for Gunners as they also due to pocket 30 percent of the transfer fee had the player been signed in Europe, according to a clause in the release contract between Gunners and Kaizer Chiefs signed in 2009.
"Jimmy (Zhaimu Jambo) is intending to retire due to the injury. We are currently in talks with him with regards to his exit package. The player has the final say whether he wants to continue playing and or to retire for good. We cannot force to accept the retirement package it's up to him. We are discussions with him and is always at the office with him to discuss the matter but I cannot a timeline when will conclude but will have until June next year to conclude when his contract with Kaizer Chief ends," Maphosa said.
Jambo suffered a terrible knee injury on October 19, 2012 during a Telkom Knockout first round match against Bidvest Wits following a robust collision with fellow countryman Tinashe Nengomasha and has not played since then. He tore both the anterior cruciate ligament as well as the posterlaterial corner and had immediate surgery. Technically, Jambo can still play with a strapping to his knee but chances of him playing international football are over maybe in the ‘local league'.
‘Jambo has been getting his salary just like every player at Kaizer Chiefs but I cannot divulge how much it is. I cannot comment on that part of the professional contract. We would be infringing on his rights to privacy but the negotiations for his exit are on-going," Maphosa said.
Jambo joined the Kaizer Chiefs in 2009 in the same month that Chiefs signed a pimply teenager called Knowledge Musona, then a greenhorn at Aces Youth Academy before he went to conquer the football world. Kaizer Chiefs also signed veteran Thomas Sweswe in the same month from Dynamos. Jambo's stock was rising until black day in 2012 when a crunch tackle snuffed out his football.
Jambo also played for the national under 20 and 23 sides. Zhaimu, who was with Zimbabwean giants Dynamos since 1999 as an Under-13 player until he became a reserves player, joined Gunners since their formation in 2005. He later became a regular member of the locally based Warriors where he scored directly from a corner kick at Rufaro in Zimbabwe's 2-0 win over South Africa in a Chan Final qualifier, second leg late in 2008
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