"I was not interested in a loan deal for Zulu. He still needs to fight for his place at Chiefs.
"You can't sell the player and the next thing you want him back, you know what I mean?
"So it would mean i was not selling him with an open heart and it will not be good for him coming [back] to us. There was no such thing as a swap deal," Mpengesi concludes.
The Port Elizabeth outfit have also confirmed the signing of 21-year-old striker Muhammad Zaid Patel from Bidvest Wits.