Sports / Soccer
Dynamos eyeing the services of Bosso's Milton Ncube
13 Dec 2013 at 06:05hrs | Views
ZIMBABWE champions Dynamos continued to be stalked by a crisis of strikers with the Harare giants being forced to register just three attackers in a thin 19-member squad for their Champions League squad yesterday.
On the day that Fifa congratulated Dynamos for winning the domestic Premiership title, the Glamour Boys were facing a reality check with their bid to sign more strikers having hit a hard rock.
It has also emerged that Dynamos are eyeing the services of Chicken Inn midfielder Kuda Mahachi and Highlanders' Milton Ncube while they are on the verge of securing midfielder Walter Mukanga from Triangle.
Dembare must submit their player register to Caf by midnight on Sunday and yesterday coach Callisto Pasuwa and team manager Richard Chihoro were shuttling between the Premier Soccer League offices and the Zifa headquarters to put together the names that have to be sent to Cairo, Egypt.
Pasuwa emerged from those series of meetings to announce that they had so far only managed to register an initial 19 players by yesterday and would continue to finalise deals to add more names, including that of newboy Ronald Chitiyo.
Chitiyo's fellow new arrival, centre back Themba Ndlovu, was registered after Dynamos appeared to have concluded a deal to bring on the former Buffaloes defender.
Pasuwa said although Chitiyo had been recruited from relegated Monomotapa, the diminutive forward was still finalising personal terms with DeMbare.
But it is the lack of attacking options that remains a concern for the Dynamos coach who has so far been forced to register just three recognised strikers - Simba Sithole, Washington Pakamisa and Patrick Khumbula.
Efforts by Dynamos lure Nelson Maziwisa and Donald Ngoma fell through this week after the pair decided to stay put at FC Platinum.
Sithole, who rejoined Dynamos after an unsuccessful spell at SuperSport United, scored three goals in the Harare giants' last three games.
Team manager Richard Chihoro also feels Maziwisa and Ngoma used DeMbare to negotiate for better packages at their club.
"It now seems that some players are using the name Dynamos to negotiate for better deals at their clubs. This is not the first time we encountered such actions and we are not amused by such behaviour.
"Imagine we have been talking to someone all along and we had agreed on many things but all of a sudden he doesn't want to pick up his phone and then we are told he has been offered a better deal at his club.
"It's very unprofessional. We are working on a deadline and we have no time to waste," said Chihoro.
Midfielder Devon Chafa, who is currently sitting on a Fifa ban, was not included in the squad.
Champions League squad:
Goalkeepers:
George Chigova, Artwell Mukandi
Defenders:
Oscar Machapa, Augustine Mbara, Victor Kamhuka, Thomas Magorimbo, Partson Jaure, Themba Ndlovu, Ocean Mushure, Gift Bello, Sydney Linyama
Midfielders:
Stephen Alimenda, Murape Murape, Tichaona Mabvura, Tawanda Muparati, Cliff Sekete
Strikers: Simba Sithole, Washington Pakamisa, Patrick Khumbula.
On the day that Fifa congratulated Dynamos for winning the domestic Premiership title, the Glamour Boys were facing a reality check with their bid to sign more strikers having hit a hard rock.
It has also emerged that Dynamos are eyeing the services of Chicken Inn midfielder Kuda Mahachi and Highlanders' Milton Ncube while they are on the verge of securing midfielder Walter Mukanga from Triangle.
Dembare must submit their player register to Caf by midnight on Sunday and yesterday coach Callisto Pasuwa and team manager Richard Chihoro were shuttling between the Premier Soccer League offices and the Zifa headquarters to put together the names that have to be sent to Cairo, Egypt.
Pasuwa emerged from those series of meetings to announce that they had so far only managed to register an initial 19 players by yesterday and would continue to finalise deals to add more names, including that of newboy Ronald Chitiyo.
Chitiyo's fellow new arrival, centre back Themba Ndlovu, was registered after Dynamos appeared to have concluded a deal to bring on the former Buffaloes defender.
Pasuwa said although Chitiyo had been recruited from relegated Monomotapa, the diminutive forward was still finalising personal terms with DeMbare.
But it is the lack of attacking options that remains a concern for the Dynamos coach who has so far been forced to register just three recognised strikers - Simba Sithole, Washington Pakamisa and Patrick Khumbula.
Efforts by Dynamos lure Nelson Maziwisa and Donald Ngoma fell through this week after the pair decided to stay put at FC Platinum.
Team manager Richard Chihoro also feels Maziwisa and Ngoma used DeMbare to negotiate for better packages at their club.
"It now seems that some players are using the name Dynamos to negotiate for better deals at their clubs. This is not the first time we encountered such actions and we are not amused by such behaviour.
"Imagine we have been talking to someone all along and we had agreed on many things but all of a sudden he doesn't want to pick up his phone and then we are told he has been offered a better deal at his club.
"It's very unprofessional. We are working on a deadline and we have no time to waste," said Chihoro.
Midfielder Devon Chafa, who is currently sitting on a Fifa ban, was not included in the squad.
Champions League squad:
Goalkeepers:
George Chigova, Artwell Mukandi
Defenders:
Oscar Machapa, Augustine Mbara, Victor Kamhuka, Thomas Magorimbo, Partson Jaure, Themba Ndlovu, Ocean Mushure, Gift Bello, Sydney Linyama
Midfielders:
Stephen Alimenda, Murape Murape, Tichaona Mabvura, Tawanda Muparati, Cliff Sekete
Strikers: Simba Sithole, Washington Pakamisa, Patrick Khumbula.
Source - herald
