Glody Lilepo’s Goodbye Posts Shock Kaizer Chiefs Fans
For a few frantic hours on Sunday, Kaizer Chiefs supporters braced themselves for another gut punch.
Glody Makabi Lilepo, one of the bright sparks of Amakhosi’s revival, dropped two short, sharp messages on Instagram: “leaving bye” and “bye bye”. No explanation. No context. Just two disappearing stories, one featuring goalkeeper coach Ilyes Mzoughi, the other goalkeeper Bruce Bvuma.
In the modern game, that’s more than enough to light a fire.
Within minutes, speculation swirled. Was the 28-year-old Congolese winger saying his goodbyes? Was this the start of another high-profile exit from Naturena just as Chiefs had begun to find their feet again?
Not this time.
Despite the noise, indications from within the club are clear: Lilepo is not on his way out, and Chiefs are not preparing for life without him. He remains firmly under contract, tied to a two-and-a-half-year deal he signed in January 2025 as Nasreddine Nabi’s first signing of that transfer window. The agreement includes an option for an extra season, giving the Soweto giants control over his immediate future.
As it stands, Lilepo has a year left on his current deal, which runs until June 2027. Chiefs also hold an option that could stretch that relationship to June 2028 if they choose to trigger it. That is not the profile of a player being quietly ushered towards the exit.
Inside Naturena, the message matches the paperwork. According to club sources, Amakhosi are not entertaining offers for Lilepo. They have not received any serious approaches either. For them, he is not on the market.
It makes sense. In just 18 months, the DR Congo international has grown into one of the most influential figures at the club. He arrived as a winger with pedigree from Al Hilal; he has evolved into a central pillar of Chiefs’ rebuilding project.
The numbers back it up. Since landing in Johannesburg, Lilepo has scored 15 goals in 56 appearances, adding five assists. Those contributions have not come in dead rubbers. They have helped drag Chiefs out of a bleak period and into something resembling a new era.
He was part of the side that finally ended the club’s 10-year trophy drought, lifting the 2025 Nedbank Cup after beating their arch-rivals in the final. That alone etched his name into recent Amakhosi history.
His impact didn’t stop with the cup. Lilepo played a key role in Chiefs’ third-place finish this season, their best league campaign in years. That surge secured a long-awaited return to the MTN8 after a two-season absence and booked a ticket to the CAF Confederation Cup. For a club that has spent too long looking up at others, those are not small steps.
So when a player of that stature posts “bye bye” – even fleetingly, even on a platform where content vanishes after 24 hours – supporters react. The choice of an Instagram story only added to the intrigue: here one moment, gone the next, leaving nothing but screenshots and theories.
Was it a joke? A personal message? A cryptic tease? Only Lilepo truly knows what he intended when he hit post.
What is clear, for now, is that Kaizer Chiefs do not see this as the start of a farewell. They see a core player under contract, central to their plans, heading into a season where domestic expectation and continental ambition will collide.
If Amakhosi are serious about turning a corner, Lilepo is exactly the kind of player they can ill afford to lose.
