Kaizer Chiefs have travelled to the Netherlands minus several key operators within their playing squad. Who’s out?
Midfielder Yusuf Maart was expected to stay at the club for another year, but there’s been a change of heart.
Maart will sign for the recently promoted Austrian Bundesliga team SV Ried.
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Maart signs for Austrian side SV Ried
Not long ago, Yusuf Maart was allegedly on the brink of triggering a one-year contract extension option with Kaizer Chiefs. Now, the 29-year-old midfielder is on the verge of completing a move to Austrian side SV Ried. In three years at the club since moving from Sekhukhune, Maart has clocked up 95 appearances with seven goals and eight assists.
#UNPLAYABLE can reveal Kaizer Chiefs captain Yusuf Maart has left the club to join SV Ried in Austria. SV Ried is also home to SA’s Antonio van Wyk, and the team has been promoted to the top League.” via @UnplayableZA on X.
All Chiefs squad numbers, including Monyane, Mako, Shinga
Did Kaizer Chiefs dodge a bullet?
Oswin Appollis suffered a little from ‘second-season’ syndrome after a breakout campaign in 2023-2024 when he claimed six goals and three assists. In 2024-2025, the livewire winger only managed two goals and an assist from 25 league outings. Hardly earth-shattering numbers for a player expected to win games for his new manager, Abdeslam Ouaddou. Polokwane improved on 2024’s eighth-placed finish with a seventh-placed finish this time around, so it’s not as if his teammates regressed.
Will Maart thrive in Austria?
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