It may have started as unthinkable, but no-one is left with uncertainties now. Not at least in Naturena, south of Johannesburg, where the headquarters of one the most followed clubs in Africa, Kaizer Chiefs, is situated.

We all know Kaizer Motaung’s team’s biggest challenge this season was that they couldn’t sign new players because of a Fifa ban, which will only be lifted once this current campaign is concluded.

But for a club as big as Amakhosi, even after struggling for five previous seasons when there was no ban, you still expect them to put up a decent fight, especially in the domestic league...