
Kermit Erasmus has explained why he remains without a club after failing to agree on a deal with both Cape Town Spurs and Chippa United.
The former Mamelodi Sundowns was released by Orlando Pirates prior to the start of the new season.
He spent time training with the Urban Warriors before moving on to the Chilli Boys.
But Erasmus admits he was unable to come to an agreement with either side and continues to search for a new team.
He said on the Soccerbeat podcast: “I spoke to the [Spurs] chairman [Ari Efstathiou] and I had a good chat with him about being able to train. And the coach also wanted to know what my intentions were and that was to see if it would be possible for me to join the team. They were happy with what they saw in a short space of time.
“From the offer they presented to me through my agent, it just wasn’t worth my time. But the chairman did open his door to me and said if ever I want to come back and work on the strikers, I could do that. I’ve always shown my appreciation for that and he knows that.
“It was a good period to train with the boys and be around the facility and be around football again. I had a different idea of what I thought would be an offer. It is not that I was not happy with the offer, it just was not agreed on.”
Erasmus added: “The same thing at Chippa. I trained with them for like two weeks and the coaches, who are there now are coaches who I’ve played with during their playing days. I was fortunate to be teammates with them. They were happy with what they saw at training, but it was just about the duration of terms and numbers.
“Sometimes it is not what you discussed and what is offered is not what is agreed on. I would not say the disagreement (is) in that, but the misunderstanding of that, and then you don’t find common ground.
“No hard feelings, it is just business, we are all looking out for ourselves and unfortunately, it was not possible.”
Chippa coach Thabo September confirmed the news on Dispatch: “Yes, he was training with us, but it didn’t work out. We would have liked to sign him, but there were certain things that the club couldn’t agree with.”