Kadodia: Selling Rusike to Orlando Pirates would've been an insult to Maritzburg United fans

Mamelodi Sundowns and Kaizer Chiefs have been linked with Rusike, but Maritzburg have stated that only Bucs have registered their interest thus far

Maritzburg United chairman Farouk Kadodia has revealed that Orlando Pirates did approach his club for the services of Evans Rusike.

This is after Kadodia denied reports stating that the club had agreed to sell the player to Pirates and also insisted that the Soweto giants had not submitted a bid for the player.

The Team of Choice then moved swiftly to trigger the two-year option on the Zimbabwe international's contract and Kadodia has since disclosed that Bucs did approach his club.

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"Pirates is the only team that came to me to put pressure on me for Rusike," Kadodia told the media.

"I said no because you must understand that if I sold any of the key players here, for the fans that stood behind the club to survive last year it would've been an insult to them," he added.