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Honour Gombami sidelined, likely to be offloaded
20 Aug 2013 at 05:54hrs | Views
FORMER Highlanders midfield dynamo, Honour Gombami has reportedly been sidelined at his second tier Belgian league side Antwerp ever since the arrival of Dutch coach Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink.
Sources in Belgium said the lanky former Warriors player is likely to be offloaded soon after Hasselbaink, a former Chelsea striker brought in about 12 new players and showed little interest in using the majority of those he found, including Gombami.
Gombami suffered a terrible injury in 2009 while turning out for Cercle Brugge in the same country and stayed for almost a year without kicking a ball. When he recovered he was no longer the same versatile player who could command his area with aplomb.
Reports at that time also suggested that the team leadership had offered him about a million dollars as retirement package but he did not take it as he felt he still had more to offer to the game of football.
"Gombami is not playing because of injury," said a friend of his.
Even a quick check on Antwerp's list of registered players for the 2013/14 season shows that Gombami is no longer on the club's books.
Meanwhile, Gombami's former club mate at Highlanders and Cercle Brugge, Vusa Nyoni's terrible start to the season at Mons continued over the weekend with their third straight loss in four matches after going down 0-2 to Zulte-Waregem.
Nyoni was taken out in the 46th minute for Pieter Jan Monteyne when the team was already down 0-1 through a third minute Thorgan Hazard penalty who hit the back of the nets again three minutes into injury time.
OH Leuven, home to former Masvingo United player Ovidy Karuru fell 0-1 to Standard Liege to also maintain their terrible start to the Jupiler League.
The bad spell continued for Zimbabweans in Europe over the weekend as Quincy Antipas' Denmark side Brondby were pummelled 2-5 by Midtjylland, a result that saw them drop to the bottom of the table
Former AmaZulu strongman, Costa Nhamoinesu was the only Zimbabwean to pick up a point after his Czech Republic side, Sparta Praga drew 0-0 in a top of the table clash with Viktoria Plzen. Nhamoinesu, who is commanding a first team jersey at the top side, was yellow carded in the 65th minute. His team is second on the standings with 13 points, same as leaders Viktoria Plzen but an inferior goal difference sees them on second spot.
There were no league games in the Absa Premiership in South Africa where the majority of Zimbabweans ply their trade while the United Arab Emirates league kicks off next month. Former Highlanders and Dynamos players Noel Kaseke and Edward Sadomba ply their trade there.
Sources in Belgium said the lanky former Warriors player is likely to be offloaded soon after Hasselbaink, a former Chelsea striker brought in about 12 new players and showed little interest in using the majority of those he found, including Gombami.
Gombami suffered a terrible injury in 2009 while turning out for Cercle Brugge in the same country and stayed for almost a year without kicking a ball. When he recovered he was no longer the same versatile player who could command his area with aplomb.
Reports at that time also suggested that the team leadership had offered him about a million dollars as retirement package but he did not take it as he felt he still had more to offer to the game of football.
"Gombami is not playing because of injury," said a friend of his.
Even a quick check on Antwerp's list of registered players for the 2013/14 season shows that Gombami is no longer on the club's books.
Meanwhile, Gombami's former club mate at Highlanders and Cercle Brugge, Vusa Nyoni's terrible start to the season at Mons continued over the weekend with their third straight loss in four matches after going down 0-2 to Zulte-Waregem.
Nyoni was taken out in the 46th minute for Pieter Jan Monteyne when the team was already down 0-1 through a third minute Thorgan Hazard penalty who hit the back of the nets again three minutes into injury time.
OH Leuven, home to former Masvingo United player Ovidy Karuru fell 0-1 to Standard Liege to also maintain their terrible start to the Jupiler League.
The bad spell continued for Zimbabweans in Europe over the weekend as Quincy Antipas' Denmark side Brondby were pummelled 2-5 by Midtjylland, a result that saw them drop to the bottom of the table
Former AmaZulu strongman, Costa Nhamoinesu was the only Zimbabwean to pick up a point after his Czech Republic side, Sparta Praga drew 0-0 in a top of the table clash with Viktoria Plzen. Nhamoinesu, who is commanding a first team jersey at the top side, was yellow carded in the 65th minute. His team is second on the standings with 13 points, same as leaders Viktoria Plzen but an inferior goal difference sees them on second spot.
There were no league games in the Absa Premiership in South Africa where the majority of Zimbabweans ply their trade while the United Arab Emirates league kicks off next month. Former Highlanders and Dynamos players Noel Kaseke and Edward Sadomba ply their trade there.
Source - chronicle
