'My Warriors are stressed,' says Chivayo

Flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo has claimed that Zimbabwe national soccer team players are stressed over his endless media articles exposing his shady deals.

He described the national team as "my players".

"We win (sic) 2-nil yesterday and are going to destroy Malawi on Sunday," he told the Herald.

"My players are stressed I could wake up withdrawing my support. I could see them sympathising with me yesterday. For the record, being an ex-convict is not the end of the world. As a Zimbabwean you must celebrate, I will never ever have to commit crime in my life. Zimbabwe Prison Service slogan says for ‘the successful rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders into the society."

"In America they call it correctional facilities meaning you are being corrected and taught the right things in life. I am a devoted Christian and success is inevitable for me because I believe so with every fibre of my being. This is God's plan not mine, my brother".

Chivayo has in recent past bankrolled the Warriors and at one stage threatened to withdraw his funding.