{"id":23524,"date":"2026-02-09T15:56:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/orlando-pirates-may-finally-sell-mofokeng-for-6-million\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:18","slug":"orlando-pirates-may-finally-sell-mofokeng-for-6-million","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/orlando-pirates-may-finally-sell-mofokeng-for-6-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Pirates may finally sell Mofokeng for $6 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The 21-year-old winger has reportedly attracted interest from teams in the United States (US), Europe, Israel, and Saudi Arabia. However, despite these rumours, no official offers have been made for him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">While his ideal move would be to play in one of Europe&#8217;s top five leagues, supporters feel he should be allowed to leave South Africa, even if it means playing in the US or Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Currently, Mofokeng&#8217;s market value is approximately $2 million. This could easily double if he has an impressive second half of the season and helps his team secure their first league title in over 14 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A strong performance at the FIFA World Cup could lead to clubs offering over\u00a0 $6 million for him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23525,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-23524","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"South Africa\u2019s (SA)\u00a0Orlando Pirates may finally sell Relebohile Mofokeng for $6 million. Mofokeng has been linked with a move away from Orlando Pirates since his first season with the Buccaneers","published_date":"2026-02-09 00:00:00","news_description":"South Africa\u2019s (SA)\u00a0Orlando Pirates may finally sell Relebohile Mofokeng for $6 million. Mofokeng has been linked with a move away from Orlando Pirates since his first season with the Buccaneers","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26464,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23524\/revisions\/26464"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}