Maritzburg offer Fileccia contract extension but show captain Fransman the door
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Maritzburg United have extended the contracts of strikers Andrea Fileccia‚ Mohau Mokate and flying fullback Pogisho Sanoka but captain Bevan Fransman has been let go.
The 34-year-old former international defender skippered Maritzburg to a club-high fourth place finish in the Absa Premiership plus a place in the Nedbank Cup final this season but his contract was not renewed.
Newly promoted Highlands Park have wasted no time in snatching him up and Fransman has signed a two-year contract with the Johannesburg-based outfit.
A statement from him said: “I have spent a large portion of my career playing in Gauteng.
"I have a home and family here and when this opportunity arose for me to join such an established and ambitious club like Highlands Park I was up for the challenge.
"I am looking forward to this new chapter in my career and can’t wait for the season to begin.”
Fileccia has had a one-year extension in his contract activated by the club‚ who left it until the end of the month to tell the Belgian-born striker they wanted him for another season.
He has become something of a fan favourite at the Harry Gwala Stadium.
Mokate and Sanoko have been given contract extensions by the club‚ officials said on Tuesday.