Cape Town Spurs have broken their silence on the situation of Orlando Pirates' young striker Boitumelo Radiopane, who has been on loan at Ikamva.
The 22-year-old youngster, who has spent the past two seasons on loan at the Urban Warriors, has now returned to parent club Pirates.
His stint at Spurs could have been a successful one if it wasn't for injuries, with the marksman only making 10 appearances in the DStv Premiership this past season.
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Despite all his misfortunes, Radiopane is still a wanted man at Spurs.
The Ernst Middendorp-coached club will be campaigning in the Motsepe Foundation Championship next season following their relegation from the elite league.
"Radiopane, he's gone back to Pirates. All the loaned players have gone back to their clubs for now," Spurs CEO Alexi Efstathiou tells KickOff.
"Well, if Pirates contact us, we will talk with them, yes.
"The reason we will not be the ones who contact them is because as far as I know, they recalled him back," he added.
The Spurs chief executive explained that they were satisfied with the burly player's loan stint with them, although things could have turned out better.
"Ja, we are impressed with Radiopane, but also, he had injury issues for most of the season.
"Yes, we liked him as a player, but we couldn't get the best out of him because there were lots of stop-starts with him. It was an issue of consistency.
"We will always be interested in him, but I can't talk on behalf of Pirates as the player doesn't belong to us."
At the Soweto giants, Radiopane will compete with the likes of Evidence Makgopa, Zakhele Lepasa and DStv Premiership Golden Boot winner Tshegofatso Mabasa for a starting berth in the centre-forward position.
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Whether the departure of Souaibou Marou and Kermit Erasmus has opened the door for Jose Riveiro to be keen to keep Radiopane in the squad for next season remains to be seen.
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