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| Blue Eagles cry foul: Lose four key players at once |
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Oris Chimenya, 24 January 2005
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Players’ exodus ahead of the 2005/2006 Super League season continues at a higher pace with recent data on the players’ market indicating great treks from Blue Eagles by midfield maestro Kuruwa Ngwira joining Silver Strikers and their revived forward Andrew Chikhosi going to Admarc Tigers.
Other players that have parted ways with the cops squad are magic forward Dave Moya who has also been taken aboard by the bankers and midfielder Bennie Chinganyama who has joined Chikhosi to the low profile Tigers.
The moves are an improvement for Ngwira and Moya but signal career danger to the others especially for Chikhosi who joined the soldiers camp after two seasons at Lali Lubani Road side MTL Wanderers.
Eagles coach Schubert Kuwali said in an interview on Sunday Ngwira’s move is very likely to affect the defence but was quick to say the remaining players are however ready to bridge the gap.
“For Ngwira, we just received the transfer notification yesterday (Saturday) while for Moya and the others, we are yet to be officially informed on their moves,” he said.
Silver Strikers vice general secretary Owen Munthali confirmed Ngwira’s move to the Reserve Bank-sponsored side.
“Yes its true, he is aboard with us. He already started training with us,” said Munthali.
Munthali said the coming of Ngwira will strengthen his right midfield.
“We have problems on the right midfield and we know that Ngwira performs better there. He can also work on the left midfield but we would like him to work where he does his best in order to maximise his presence,” he said.
Munthali also said they had already written the Eagles on clearance and that they will soon be discussing on the pricing of the star defender-cum-midfielder whose performance in the last season proved beyond reasonable doubt that he is a soccer star to reckon with.
Kuwali, who took Eagles to third position with 48 points last season, said he was ready to take the club further up.
“We realise that while we may say that we are ready, other teams have also got themselves more ready than us but we will try hard to finish on a better position, even win the championship. We will still try to limp to championship victory,” he said.
On pricing, Kuwali said the club’s executive is yet to discuss whether they should put a price tag on him or not since clubs from public institutions do not buy or sell their players.
He however said Super League of Malawi’s (Sulom) should come up with a rule which should make clubs pay a development fee if they want to buy a player from public institution clubs like his.
“Take for example Dick Malidadi. He grew up in the Police Service but we did not charge anything when he went to Bakili Bullets last season. So why should the rule concern institutional clubs like us when buying only and not when selling,” wondered Kuwali.
Admarc Tigers treasurer Bright Ntawanga confirmed Chinganyama and Chikhosi’s arrival at the agricultural produce marketers side. He said the club hopes the two will beef up their defence and striking forces respectively. Tigers have recently lost their trusted and once committed defender Dick Chirwa and unconfirmed reports indicate that he is training with Zomba-based military side, Red Lions.
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