Lilepo reaps Chiefs benefits by growing real estate portfolio

Congolese winger Glody Makabi Lilepo is preparing for the completion of his move from Kaizer Chiefs having reaped the benefits of the earnings he has made while at the club. Lilepo has been at Chiefs since the beginning of last year but has since pressed the exit button. READ | Chiefs calm fears on key defender Two clubs in North Africa – AS FAR and Al Ahli Benghazi – have already offered Chiefs more than the €500 000 (approx. R9,5 million) that they paid French third division Valenciennes. However, those offers now need to be turned into the crucial money in the bank confirmation for Chiefs for the transfer to go through. This will happen with Lilepo heading towards the first month of his latest pay rise since he joined. At the beginning of last season, he was given an increase which was then followed by another rise towards the end of last year and a subsequent bump into the last 12 months of his contract. This has put the 29-year-old into the ranks of the better paid players at Chiefs. However, that financial aspect hasn’t been enough to convince him to stay. To his credit, Lilepo has put the money he has made at Chiefs into good use back home in DR Congo by investing in property. This website has been shown his real estate portfolio which has tripled through the time he has spent at Chiefs. There has been a figure stretching into millions of Rands mentioned attached to the value of those investments and the guaranteed base income. Lilepo has gone on to be complimented for the choices that he has made considering the challenges that tend to befall footballers past their playing days. He is known to a discipline disciple in handling money matters. Based on the next contract that he will get in North Africa should all go according to plan, it is expected that the next three years will have a defining effect for the rest of his life. READ | Musona: If I had a chance to come back to Chiefs Though his gross income at Chiefs has been upwards with the raises that he has been getting, he has received a better contract in a tax friendly environment in North Africa. Both transfer windows in Morocco and Libya will remain open for at least another two months. Photo: Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images