Khanyisa Mayo’s agent, Basia Michaels, has assessed the likelihood of the on-loan Kaizer Chiefs striker returning to his parent club, CR Belouizdad, at the end of the 2025/26 season.
Mayo joined Chiefs in September 2025 on a season-long loan deal from the Algerian side whose coach, Sead Ramovic, had not registered him for the term. It was widely seen as a show of no confidence in the striker by former TS Galaxy coach Ramovic, who joined the club midway through last season.
This was after the 27-year-old had joined Belouizdad at the beginning of last term from Cape Town City FC. He managed five goals and an assist in 41 appearances across all competitions for The Chababists.
Now, his loan stint at Amakhosi appears difficult, having scored just a goal in 10 games without supplying an assist. However, injuries have also limited his game time at the Soweto giants.
Chiefs have an option to permanently sign Mayo at the end of his loan contract, but with conditions. But his performances, so far, might discourage Amakhosi from taking him on a permanent basis.
IS MAYO GOING BACK TO CR BELDOUIZDAD AFTER CHIEFS LOAN SPELL?
“It’s a loan deal now, so that’s [return to Belouizdad] yet to be determined. Let’s see what happens. There is still a good four months left before the end of the season,” said Michaels on Behind The Boot -Smash Sports.
“We just need to see what happens, where the wind blows and we go from there. I think based on the difficulties that we faced, I don’t necessarily think it will be healthy for him to go back.
“That’s the other thing about football. Football is very similar to life in that you give something your all, literally, but if it’s not meant to be, it’s not meant to be.
“The coach had signed Khanyisa when we went and did the medicals, pre-season camp and everything else. He was very thankful for getting the deal done. He was like, ‘I love this kit.’
“The truth is, Khanyisa played something like 42 [sic] games and he was a starter. No question about it. Khanyisa was loved in Algiers. Then there is a change in regime.
“Like many things in life, there are changes and changes we can’t control. It’s a change Khanyisa didn’t control and it didn’t work in his favour. It was quite surprising to me personally because Sead was also a coach I know like Khanyisa, when he was at TS Galaxy, and Khanyisa was playing for Cape Town City.”
“You look at circumstances around it and a couple of things that have happened and certain things you can’t talk about. There was no fallout. It was a difficult couple of weeks leading up to the Chiefs loan. Algeria was tough.”
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