Glody Lilepo's Instagram Posts Cause Stir Among Kaizer Chiefs Fans
For a few tense hours on Sunday, Kaizer Chiefs supporters braced themselves for another gut punch.
Glody Makabi Lilepo, one of the brightest sparks in Amakhosi’s revival, dropped two short, sharp messages on Instagram: “leaving bye” and “bye bye”. No explanation. No context. Just a pair of disappearing stories and a fanbase thrown into panic.
One post showed goalkeeper coach Ilyes Mzoughi. The other featured goalkeeper Bruce Bvuma. It looked, at first glance, like a player saying his goodbyes inside Naturena.
In a club still trying to steady itself after years of turbulence, the timing and tone felt ominous.
Contract Says One Thing, Instagram Another
Strip away the drama of social media, though, and a very different picture emerges.
Lilepo is not on his way out of Kaizer Chiefs. Not now, and not by the look of his contract.
The DR Congo international signed a two-and-a-half-year deal in January 2025 when he arrived as Nasreddine Nabi’s first signing of that transfer window. The agreement came with an option for an extra season, keeping Chiefs firmly in control of his next move.
He still has a year left on his current deal, which runs to June 2027, and the club can extend it to June 2028 if they choose. That is not the profile of a player being quietly ushered towards the exit.
Inside the corridors of Naturena, the message is clear: Chiefs are not entertaining offers for Makabi Lilepo. Club sources indicate there have been no concrete approaches for the winger, and no appetite to listen even if they did arrive.
From New Arrival to Key Figure
The reaction to those Instagram stories says as much about Lilepo’s impact as it does about the power of a cryptic post.
In just 18 months, the former Al Hilal winger has become one of the central figures in Chiefs’ rebuilding project. He is no longer just a January signing; he is part of the spine of a side trying to reassert itself among South Africa’s elite.
Since touching down at Naturena, Lilepo has delivered consistently: 15 goals, five assists, 56 appearances. Those numbers carry weight in a team that has spent too long searching for reliable attacking output.
His influence goes beyond stats. He was in the squad that finally snapped the club’s 10-year trophy drought, lifting the 2025 Nedbank Cup after beating their arch-rivals in the final. That night will live long in Amakhosi folklore, and Lilepo’s name is stitched into it.
This season, he helped drive Chiefs to a third-place finish in the league, their best campaign in years. That surge secured a return to the MTN8 after a two-season absence and booked a ticket to the CAF Confederation Cup. For a club desperate to feel like a continental force again, those steps matter.
You do not casually wave goodbye to a player who has helped drag you back towards relevance.
The Age of the Vanishing Message
What made the episode even more intriguing was the medium. Lilepo chose Instagram Stories – a format that disappears after 24 hours.
No permanent post. No statement. Just a fleeting message that evaporates almost as quickly as it ignites speculation.
In the modern game, that is all it takes. A few words, a couple of images with teammates, and a fanbase starts connecting dots that may not even exist. “Leaving bye.” “Bye bye.” To whom? From where? For what reason?
The club’s stance, though, cuts through the noise: no bids, no plans to sell, no immediate exit on the table.
So for now, the story is not about a star man walking away from Naturena. It is about a key player whose future, on paper and in the minds of those running the club, still runs through Kaizer Chiefs.
The real question is not whether Lilepo is leaving today. It is what he and Amakhosi can still build together before that contract clock finally starts to matter.
