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FREE AGENT:Former Bloemfontein Celtic midfielder Papi Zothwane. Photo: Charle Lombard/Gallo Images

INTERESTED: Swallows chief executive Leon Prins

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Zothwane is a free agent. He left Bloemfontein Celtic at the end of the last campaign after signing a short-term contract with them in January.

The former Bafana Bafana international will be 31 next month and is now ready to start afresh, having put behind him a nightmare two-and-a-half-year spell at Mamelodi Sundowns before he joined Celtic.

Swallows are seen as a possible destination, as is newly promoted University of Pretoria, but coach Steve Barker says they are looking elsewhere at the moment.

Zothwane will be buoyed by the examples of David Mathebula, Joseph Makhanya and Siyabonga Nomvethe at Swallows, players who have all been able to give their fading careers a kick-start since joining the Birds.

Sowetan understands that Swallows chief executive Leon Prins may sanction a move for the central midfielder if Marques sees him fitting into his plans for the coming season.

Zothwane was a star at Lamontville Golden Arrows, where his form caught the eye of Sundowns.

He moved to Chloorkop in 2009, but his stay there proved to be a big disappointment. Zothwane made just 20 starts for the club in two-and-a-half seasons. He joined Celtic in January this year, making six appearances in the second half of the season.

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Jul 5, 2012

1andonlybucs

hahahaha mr Editor. over 30 years fc.lol
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Jul 5, 2012

mbany8

You last try Papi and used it !. Double your effort because age is not on your side.
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Jul 5, 2012

T'dpole

Zothwane is still a good player and was good when at Sundowns, he even played for the national team to show how good he was. Its a pitty teams like Sundowns, Ajax and Chiefs let coaches destroy our good players. How does a coach say in a week's time "this player does not feature in my plans" without having seen the player play. Thats why Motsepe will fire Neeskens in November this year.

At Pirates, if a coach comes and do what coaches do in these 3 teams above, he will be fired in 3 weeks. We have a Chairman who knows and understands football and sign players of his choice and that of the fans.
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Jul 5, 2012

Papage

He is not bad, good buy even though age is not on his side.
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Jul 5, 2012

Tshiwo

Batho baPirates maar; two seasons of borrowed glory and they are gods of football and know it all...Phela we are talking about 12 seasons of drought and wilderness; tears and heartache. As for Sundowns I have a suitable name for them...SUNDUMPS; damn, they're good at throwing away good talent, and Swallows have been very good at RECYCLING. Khosi!!!! 2012/13 signals the awakening of SA's soccer KINGS. Rise Khosi Rise.
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Jul 5, 2012

ThirdEye

Swallows will be better for him
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Jul 5, 2012

mbany8

@ Tshiwo
I wonder how Khosi Rice taste like. I think it will taste delicious with a curry stew meat and a glass of blackie.
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