Did Polokwane City overprice Orlando Pirates Oswin Appollis to scare Kaizer Chiefs away? - 'That's not doing business ethically'

Former Kaizer Chiefs star Reneilwe 'Yeye' Letsholonyane has criticised clubs for overpricing players when Amakhosi show interest in them.

Letsholonyane claimed that these clubs always sell their players to others at a discounted price, but when it is Amakhosi, the asking price will always rise drastically.

"I feel like anyone who would give you R800 (for example), you should be fair enough to release a player, right? But it cannot work that when it's Chiefs who want a certain player, it's R10, but when it's other people, it's R8; that's not doing business ethically," Letsholonyane told Omniaudioafrica YouTube Channel.

"It's either two things: they know Chiefs won't pay that amount of money, or they won't pay because you're overpricing a player. Two, really, really, that team doesn't want to sell the player to Chiefs," he added.

"So what do you do as Kaizer Chiefs if people are overpricing players? Personally, I would not force things myself, to be honest, if there are different prices for the same player. I'd rather go to teams who put the same price or players I can afford, and we'll build from there."

The debate on whether clubs do overprice their players was regenerated by Oswin Appollis's move to Orlando Pirates.

The Polokwane City winger had drawn interest from Chiefs, but the club is said to have turned down those offers, making it impossible for the Bafana Bafana star to join Amakhosi.

Other cases where high prices were reportedly quoted involve Khanyisa Mayo and Victor Letsoalo by Cape Town City and Royal AM, respectively.

Head coach Nasreddine Nabi recently revealed that Chiefs will sign one or two more players before the season begins.

To strengthen their squad, Amakhosi have signed Ethan Chislett, Nkanyiso Shinga, Flavio Silva, Thabiso Monyane, Paseka Mako, and Siphesihle Ndlovu.