Kaizer Chiefs sporting director Kaizer Motaung Junior has rejected claims that the club is not competitive in the transfer space.

For years, the Amakhosi management has been accused of targeting free agents, players that are available on a free transfer.

“There are quite a few points (from the supporters) and one that I would need to obviously address is that of recruitment, right,” said Motaung Junior, in conversation with sports presenter, Robert Marawa.

“I think one thing people have raised their frustrations, and I understand why, at the same time, the same supporters, us as a club, really do see strength in the squad we have, a very young, dynamic squad, with some very good experience,” he continued.

“We also have players who have experience on the continent. And I wanna debunk this issue of free players. We, in the past few years, have been really active in the transfer market. We’ve spent millions of Rands to make sure we can reinforce the squad.”

Chiefs, however, have only brought one major trophy in the past decade, with their Nedbank Cup success last season. Motaung Junior acknowledged that there have been misses in their signings.

“It’s just been a situation of, yes, we can acknowledge the performances where we have gotten wrong. There are players that maybe we brought in, who have not been the right fit,” he explained.

“No, it’s not about singling out any person, but there’s people who have come donned the jersey and found it difficult to perform to their best.

“That’s a fact, we take our hand up, and we acknowledge that fact. At the same time, our analysis, recruitment, and procedure is very detailed – it’s not done by one person. We work very closely with the technical team, with data, our analysis team, and our head of recruitment.”

Chiefs are set to finish another season empty-handed, unless they can fight their way back to win the League title.