Johannesburg,South Africa

The Naturena-based football club Kaizer Chiefs has confirmed on Thursday that former SuperSport United and South African Under-23 international defender as theirs after signing a contract with them.

A 23-year-old defender has signed a two-year contract,with an option for a further season.

Fleurs has been training with the Kaizer Chiefs for the couple of weeks after he left SuperSport United as a free agent.

Kaizer Chiefs' Sporting Director is seems happy to welcome the Cape Town-born defender to Naturena camp as his club is trying reinforce its squad.

"We are very excited and happy to have Luke join us.The young man has great technical abilities and I think he will fit really well into how we want to approach the game and the kind of football we would like to play going forward,"said Sporting Director,Kaizer Motaung Jr.

"Of course,being a youth international and having experienced the Olympics,as well as having many PSL games under his belt,we believe his attributes will benefit the team,"Kaizer Motaung Jr. added.

Fleurs is seems to be happy and prepared to wear the Kaizer Chiefs' jersey and wants to win trophies with the club which has rich history in South African football.

"I feel so pleased to sign because I always wanted to be part of the Glamour Boys.

"There is a great bond here;it has that family feel.I just wanted to get started on the job of winning silverware.This is the biggest club and I want to help us win things.

"We have been training well and I am used to the set up.Results haven't been going our way lately but we will turn it around through hard work,because there is great talent here and we will get it right,"said Luke Fleurs.

Kaizer Motaung Jr has no doubt that the player is what the Glamour Boys has been looking for a very long and is confident that will be featured so soon.

"We are looking to get everyone on board as soon as possible,we know that Luke is fit and raring to go,so we will leave it up to the technical staff to make that call,but we are hoping to see him playing for us soon,"Motaung Jr. added.

Fleurs started his youth career with Ubuntu Cape Town from 2013-2017 and then from 2017-2018 season joined a senior team and made 18 appearances.

From 2018-2023 was a SuperSport United player and he player 66 games and scored only 2 goals for the Pretoria-based club.

On an international level,he represented South Africa U17 where he made 5 appearances and also played for U21 made 4 appearances.