Itumeleng Khune talks about Kaizer Chiefs' departure

“I cried in bed for two weeks straight,” Khune said.

Former Kaizer Chiefs captain Itumeleng Khune has revealed his heartbreak after the club told him he was no longer part of their plans as a footballer.

Khune spoke at a press conference on Wednesday where he was announced as a shareholder of gambling company TopBet.

The former Bafana Bafana revealed he cried for two weeks after he was offered a non-playing role by Chiefs at the end of last season.

WATCH: TS Galaxy coach Sead Ramovic resigns live on TV

“I have no control over how I feel the next morning. I always wake up differently. The first few weeks after the meetings with the club it was not easy for me. I lay in bed crying for two weeks straight. ” said Khune as quoted by iDiski times.

“I didn’t understand what was happening. I did gain respect for a conversation with the club that had drawn up their plan for the future, but as a footballer I was not part of that.

‘I didn’t believe it… when I heard this news. I want to play longer, into my forties, that’s why I’m still hopeful, but again, I can’t control my heart. I feel like tomorrow I can go back and play, the next day I wake up with pain all over and think it’s okay, let’s just leave it at that.

Khune added that he has not given up hope of playing again.

“The passion and love for the game is still there, I can still perform when I am called upon. Look at Dennis Onyango, I am younger than him and he is still playing at Sundowns,” Khune said.

Khune won 12 trophies and a host of individual awards during his 25-year stay at Chiefs, including the Premier Soccer League Footballer of the Season in the 2012/2013 season.

The 37-year-old goalkeeper is the second most capped Bafana Bafana player with 92 caps.