Orlando Pirates have officially pulled out of the race to sign Erick Mathoho from Bloemfontein Celtic. 

Don’t miss: Celtic may be willing to sell Mathoho to Chiefs

This gives way to Kaizer Chiefs to snatch up the highly sought-after player.

“We are no longer interested in signing Mathoho and are currently looking at other players that we intend to bring to Pirates next season,” the official at Pirates tells KickOff.com.

“It looks like his agent has already taken him to Kaizer Chiefs.”

Mathoho has already indicated that he is done with Phunya Sele Sele and according to our sources both Celtic and Amakhosi are set to to meet soon to finalise the deal. 

The defender has reportedly already agreed personal terms with Chiefs and is waiting for the clubs to finalise his transfer fee before putting his signature on the dotted line.