The much celebrated Bloemfontein Celtic could be back in the DStv Premiership in the new season, if their advanced plan goes as intended, Kickoff can exclusively reveal.
Although Celtic have been away from the PSL since 2021 after selling their status to Royal AM, there have been multiple reports of plans to revive the club and bring it back to the professional ranks, without much success.
KickOff can now reveal that Siwelele are closing-in on the return to the DStv Premiership, via a collaboration with Marumo Gallants.
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News reaching this website, from a source close to the dealings, is that previous Celtic owners are part of a business consortium that includes Bahlabane Ba Ntwa chairman Abram Sello, heading the bid to acquire the Premiership status of Moroka Swallows.
The powers that be at Swallows have already confirmed that they are in the process of selling the club, with Sello understood to be the front runner to acquire the Birds' PSL status on behalf of Gallants, subject to approval by the PSL.
This publication has been led to believe that the newly-formed consortium that allegedly includes former Celtic owner Jimmy Augusto, is behind the bid to buy Swallows, although officially under the name Marumo Gallants.
Since Bahlabane Ba Ntwa, who were campaigning in the Motsepe Foundation Championship last season, had already relocated to Bloemfontein and were playing their home games at Dr. Petrus Molemela Stadium, Kickoff has gathered information that the plan of the consortium is to permanently relocate the club to the City of Roses and rename the Limpopo outfit Bloemfontein Celtic!
The only outstanding issue, if the sale, believed to be over R40 million, is approved by the PSL, would be to buy the trademarked name still currently owned by recent Celtic owner Max Tshabalala.
Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila (TTM), who also relocated to Bloemfontein last year, also considered renaming the club, with plans to buy the 'Bloemfontein Celtic' trademarked name from Tshabalala for a reported R5 million but their plans were scuppered after they were eventually relegated from the MFC.
According to information filtering through to this publication, the consortium is currently engaging Celtic supporters in meetings with proposals to be officially endorsed.