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Celtic deny Pelembe and Dube deal─── 10:11 Mon, 06 Jul 2015
Bloemfontein Celtic has denied that they have added two more players to their books for the upcoming 2015/16 Premier Soccer League season.
Yesterday it was reported that the Orlando Pirates duo of Helder Pelembe and Mthokozisi Dube will joining their ranks.
Pelembe who attracted interest of Ajax Cape Town was said to have had joined Celtic on a one-year loan deal from the Buccaneers, while Dube has signed a long-term permanent contract with the club.
So far Phunya Sele Sele has signed the duo of Vuyisile Wana and Lantshene Phalane from Moroka Swallows, Thabang Matuka from Maritzburg United while Geoffrey Massa has joined from University of Pretoria.
The club apologised via to Pirates and their supporters for the reports relating to the pair joining Siwelele.
Celtic Managing Director Rali Ramabodu said the following.
"We are shocked and somehow perturbed to read stories about the signing of the two players from Pirates. We unreservedly apologise to Pirates for the false story mentioned on those platforms.
"We are currently negotiating with them for the release of both players and have in fact sought permission for those players to train with us while negotiations continue. The bottom line is we have not yet signed the two players.
Meanwhile, Celtic defender Wandisile Lethlabika scored one of Bafana Bafana two goals yesterday as their beat Mauritius 2-0 in their CHAN Qualifer return leg.
The results sees South Africa win the qualifiers with a 5-0 aggregate over the two legs after claiming a 3-0 win in the first leg at the Dobsonville Stadium last week.
Bafana Bafana will now go and play Angola in the next round of the competition, who knocked out Swaziland 4-2 on aggregate.
Morgan Piek / OFM News
