Confirmed: Sekhukhune United receive approach for Kaizer Chiefs and Orlando Pirates-linked Vuyo Letlapa - 'Offers came forth'

Sekhukhune United have been performing well in the league with Top Eight qualification in the last three years, and two top four finishes in the last two seasons.

In the 2024/25 season, Babina Nomo narrowly missed making the top three, ending up finishing fourth in the log as Mamelodi Sundowns, Orlando Pirates, and Stellenbosch took the first three positions respectively.

This explains why they have been a target by of hungry clubs in the market for good quality players.

One of the players who has defied his young age to be a key player for Babina Noko is the 21-year-old Vuyo Letlapa.

The youngster played 27 games for Sekhukhune United last season across all competitions with five assists to his name.

He was also part of the Bafana Bafana team that reached the Cosafa Cup final but lost to Angola in the final.

Initially, Kaizer Chiefs had been linked with the defender alongside their traditional rivals Orlando Pirates and Austrian outfit Austria Vienna.

However, Sekhukhune chairman Simon Malatji insists the youngster is not for sale, at least, not now.,

“Yes, offers came forth, but we realised he needs to remain, either next [until] season, or now [this season] so he can be better quality,” he said as quoted by iDiski Times.

“We will always heed our call to make sure anyone who wants to grow, needs to be given the opportunity so that tomorrow, he as well knows, when he goes that side, we need to make sure we as blacks grow," Malatji concluded.

With the South African top-flight football starting on August 1, with the launch of the MTN8 competition, Letlapa has another opportunity to show his quality.

His main objective, surely, is representing Mzansi in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations to be played in Morocco later in the year, and then securing his dream move at the end of the season.