Dan Malesela issues Khanyisa Mayo transfer advice to Kaizer Chiefs as on-loan forward struggles - 'What is not nice is that sometimes...'

Khanyisa Mayo has managed just two goal in 15 matches across all competitions for Kaizer Chiefs.

The 27-year-old forward is on loan at Amakhosi from Algerian side CR Belouizdad.

Former Baroka FC and Chippa United coach Dan Malesela has given Chiefs some advice on Mayo as the Soweto giants have an option to buy him.

"It depends on what Chiefs see and what they want from him. What is not nice is that sometimes he doesn't play, or he comes from the bench," Malesela told KickOff.

"When you have a player who comes with a reputation, you expect him to play all the time.

"I'm not sure whether Chiefs would want to keep him or not, but with the way strikers of Mayo's quality are so scarce, I would keep him at the club."

“Where are you going to find a striker? asked Malesela.

"As a team and a coach, I would rather keep him and use him the way I would want to use him next season.

“If you release Mayo now, then where are you going to get another striker?"

Mayo's agent Basia Michaels has come in to talk about the player's chances of returning to his parent club at the end of the season.

“It’s a loan deal now, so that’s [return to Belouizdad] yet to be determined. Let’s see what happens. There is still a good four months left before the end of the season,” said Michaels as per FARPost.

“We just need to see what happens, where the wind blows and we go from there. I think based on the difficulties that we faced, I don’t necessarily think it will be healthy for him to go back. 

“That’s the other thing about football. Football is very similar to life in that you give something your all, literally, but if it’s not meant to be, it’s not meant to be.

“The coach had signed Khanyisa when we went and did the medicals, pre-season camp and everything else. He was very thankful for getting the deal done. He was like, ‘I love this kit.’

“The truth is, Khanyisa played something like 42 [sic] games and he was a starter. No question about it. Khanyisa was loved in Algiers. Then there is a change in regime," added the agent.

“Like many things in life, there are changes and changes we can’t control. It’s a change Khanyisa didn’t control and it didn’t work in his favour. It was quite surprising to me personally because Sead was also a coach I know like Khanyisa, when he was at TS Galaxy, and Khanyisa was playing for Cape Town City.”

“You look at circumstances around it and a couple of things that have happened and certain things you can’t talk about. There was no fallout. It was a difficult couple of weeks leading up to the Chiefs loan. Algeria was tough,” she concluded.