Bafana Bafana winger Elrio van Heerden will not be attending South Africa's training camps.

Former Chiefs and Ajax Cape Town coach Muhsin Ertugral, who is now in charge of Turkish first division club Sivasspor, has said he cannot afford to let the player leave because of their battle to avoid relegation.

Van Heerden is on a six-month loan to Sivasspor from Blackburn. But Ertugral has vowed to play the midfielder in all of their remaining 17 games.

The players for Bafana?s first camp of the year in Durban are set to be announced soon.