Kaizer Chiefs came close to signing several high-profile targets in the winter window. A few Bafana Bafana stars were on that list. Rayners was a top priority for Kaizer Chiefs Acco rding to The Citizen, Nasreddine Nabi wanted the club’s board to sign Iqraam Rayners before he moved from Stellenbosch to Mamelodi Sundowns.
“Nabi was keen on Rayners and when Chiefs enquired about him, they were told that they wanted to keep him, but to everyone’s surprise, he was sold to Sundowns. Maybe the Sundowns’ offer was too good to turn down. These things happen all the time in football.
” said the source. Bafana star has started the season like a house on fire Rayners, now 27, already has three goals in the league from three appearances. Sundowns have started in perfect fashion, winning all three of those games.
The most recent was a controversial 2-1 success over Kaizer Chiefs. Rayners scored the equalizer before Lucas Ribeiro Costa settled the contest. Chiefs 1-2 Sundowns recap Reeve Frosler put Ranga Chivaviro in on nine minutes and the former Gallants man made no mistake.
Chiefs were 1-0 up, and that’s two goals in two games for Ranga. However, the real stories of the day were Amakhosi’s wastefulness, Ronwen Williams’ excellence and a pair of controversial decisions by the refereeing team. They allowed Iqraam Rayners’ 37th-minute winner even though the former Stellies man appeared to be offside.
This was all after Lucas Ribeiro Costa had equalized for the Brazilians .