Kaizer Chiefs have gone into agreement with Gaston Sirino following his exit from Mamelodi Sundowns, making him the second South American to directly make this switch in recent years.
Sirino follows on from Leonardo Castro, who moved to Chiefs in January 2018 directly from Sundowns, where he had fallen out of favour.
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Jose Torrealba also joined Amakhosi after Sundowns but did so via a brief spell back home due to the controversy that defined his exit at Chloorkop.
Then with Sirino – he will arrive at Naturena on a free transfer after the end of his six-and-a-half year stay at The Brazilians.
The 33-year-old has signed a two-year deal on terms that guarantee him what he was earning at his previous club.
From the figures that he was earning, the difference will come with the winning bonuses that he was getting at the seven-time consecutive league champions, but all that will be cushioned by how the deal has been structured.
Interesting is that the midfielder will be on a package not far from what Castro was on at the Soweto giants.
Sirino will be registered as a non-foreigner after he acquired South African permanent residence in January 2023.
There will be no change of address for the star with his family remaining resident in the north and his kids continuing at the same schools.
Sirino turned down offers to return to South America and arrives at Chiefs having won seven league titles in a row.
Last season, he had seven goal contributions in 24 games after featuring in 27 matches the previous season with return of eight goal contributions.
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Prior to that, his numbers have been nine goal contributions (25 appearances), 27 games (eight goal contributions) with his best having come with 23 goal contributions in 41 appearances during the 2019/20 season.
The season before that, it was another 23 goal contributions from 38 games, while he played 20 matches and delivered seven goal contributions in his first six months.