Celtic and Cape Town City clash over Lakay

Konco says Celtic exercised their option to extend the midfielder’s stay at Siwelelele for one more season.

Lakay and his agent insist that the club missed the deadline to exercise their option, but Konco is adamant about having renewed the contract.

“That’s what the reports say. Maybe that’s what Lyle told people [that it was late],” he told The Sowetan.

“I think this will go to the DRC and we will sort it out there. We were surprised to see him being unveiled as their player. We had an option and we exercised that option.”

Lakay insists that Celtic were late in extending his stay which gave him the freedom to move.

“They were supposed to exercise the option by February 2 and they gave me the letter on May 24,” the player has confirmed.

“My agent advised me to do sign it, so I signed the letter,” he said.

Cape Town City boss John Comitis says they signed Lakay based on what the agent and the play told them.

“We were informed by both [the] player and agent that Celtic did not follow due process to exercise [the] option. We await [the] outcome,” said Comitis.