Former Bidvest Wits midfielder Rowan Human has joined Israeli top-flight league side Maccabi Tel Aviv on a one-year contract with an option to extend by another year.
Human will, however, be immediately loaned out to second-tier Beitar Tel Avivi Bat Yam and the development could be a blow to Chiefs who were reportedly targeting to sign the teenager on a free transfer.
A Fifa transfer ban could have limited the Soweto giants from tying down the youngster to a contract.
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“Maccabi Tel Aviv signed Rowan Lancaster Human, a South African midfielder from Bidvest Wits FC,” Maccabi Tel Aviv said in a statement.