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The South African
24-06-2025
- Sport
- The South African
Kaizer Chiefs eye intriguing deal for star in Serbia
Kaizer Chiefs have sent their scouting network to Serbia in the hunt for new talent in the striking department. 25-year-old Angolan star Laurindo Dilson Aurelio, aka Depu, is on loan at Serbian side Vojvodina from Portugal's Gil Vicente. The striker has also played club football in Angola with Petro de Luanda. 25-year-old Angolan striker Laurindo Dilson Aurelio has zero goals and one assist in 24 league games in Serbia last season. Not the most mind-blowing record. He did, however, excel for Angola in a recent Cosafa Cup match against Bafana. Four new youngsters in the squad As you'll know by now, Chiefs are heading to the land of Dennis Bergkamp, Virgil van Dijk and Wesley Sneijder for their European pre-season tour adventure. The Glamour Boys jet out on 03 July and conclude the tour on 19 July. It should be a fun fortnight! George Matlou, somewhat surprisingly, will be on the flight. 'Mayele will only come to South Africa for a holiday and Amapiano' At the start of 2024-2025, Mdu Shabalala was a critical component in the Chiefs side, operating from the number 10 role. His output was healthy, too. However, that has dwindled dramatically. In 27 league appearances last season, he only got four goals and an assist. Click for the story Is Depu worth chasing? Let us know by leaving a comment below or sending a WhatsApp to 060 011 0211. Also, subscribe to The South African website's newsletters and follow us on WhatsApp, Facebook, X and Bluesky for the latest news.
BBC News
19-06-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Why doesn't Liverpool target Kerkez represent Serbia?
Both the past and future of Liverpool's new defender Milos Kerkez have been causing quite a stir in Serbia recently. And, as with all good stories, the two are closely 21-year-old plays for Hungary, but he was born in Vrbas, a town in Serbia's northern autonomous province of Vojvodina, where his football journey started out at OFK Vrbas, before moving to nearby Kula to play for Hajduk his football education quickly took him abroad. In Austria, he joined Rapid Vienna, then moved on to Hungary, featuring for two clubs - the tongue-twisting Hodmezovasarhely and Gyor, where he began his senior at the start of 2021, while still a teenager, he received an unexpected phone call from Italy that any young player would dream the line was none other than Paolo Maldini, AC Milan legend and one of the greatest defenders ever, who was keen to persuade him to join the Rossoneri."You can't say no when Maldini calls," Kerkez said in a later with chances limited at Milan, he moved to Dutch side AZ Alkmaar in that he was born in Serbia, speculation around his future – particularly rumours linking him with a move from Bournemouth to Liverpool – caught Serbian media attention for weeks, but also raised one persistent question from the past: "Why isn't Kerkez playing for Serbia?"The simple answer is that his paternal grandmother was Hungarian - a sizeable community in Vojvodina - and, according to Kerkez, she wanted him to represent did just that, turning out for Hungary at under-17 and under-21 levels, breaking into the senior side in 2022, and earning a spot in their Euro 2024 the issue resurfaced after recent comments by his father Sebastian in a podcast, claiming that the Serbian FA "didn't seem too serious" about Serbian FA quickly hit back, denying the lack of interest and saying they "did everything possible" to secure Milos for even went on the counter-attack."Sebastian Kerkez openly told me," one Serbian FA official stated, "that Milos will join Hungary only because that is the easiest way for him and his wife to get Hungarian passports."Hungary is in the EU and Serbia isn't. And Milos Kerkez is in Liverpool.
