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Dembare close in on Cameroonian striker
12 Jan 2014 at 22:11hrs | Views
Dynamos' long search for a striker is about to end with the emergence of Cameroon-born striker Joseph Aboueme who is close to completing a move to the champions from Ethiopian giants St George.
Hard-pressed to beat Wednesday's CAF Champions League late registration deadline, Dynamos are also considering an unnamed Portuguese forward.
NewsDay last week revealed that Dynamos were targeting a Portuguese striker who like Aboueme is expected in the country tomorrow or at the latest on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Portuguese will arrive in the company of his agent Mario Teixeira as a free agent, a status Aboueme also shares.
DeMbare would be looking at winding up talks with the frontmen and club chairman Keni Mubaiwa has indicated they could sign both of them if amicable agreements are arrived at.
"We want one striker but we can rope in both of them if we reach common ground on everything," said Mubaiwa.
"We are not just taking anyone just for the sake of signing a striker. We need a player with requisite experience, someone who can take us far in view of our Champions League campaign where experience is crucial.
"Players have to meet certain standards. Remember we set ourselves high standards in the past three seasons where we won the local league, so we have to maintain that or do more."
Aboueme boasts of that experience - though limited to some extent - having taken part in the 2012 CAF Confederations Cup with St George.
The heavily-built 27-year-old has also had a stint in Angola with Sporting Clube Petroleos de Cabinda as well as two spells with Unisport de Bafang in his native Cameroon.
He also played for Cameroonian giants Canon de Yaoundé between 2005 and 2007 and coach Kalisto Pasuwa's assistants have already analysed video footage of the player.
Hard-pressed to beat Wednesday's CAF Champions League late registration deadline, Dynamos are also considering an unnamed Portuguese forward.
NewsDay last week revealed that Dynamos were targeting a Portuguese striker who like Aboueme is expected in the country tomorrow or at the latest on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Portuguese will arrive in the company of his agent Mario Teixeira as a free agent, a status Aboueme also shares.
DeMbare would be looking at winding up talks with the frontmen and club chairman Keni Mubaiwa has indicated they could sign both of them if amicable agreements are arrived at.
"We want one striker but we can rope in both of them if we reach common ground on everything," said Mubaiwa.
"We are not just taking anyone just for the sake of signing a striker. We need a player with requisite experience, someone who can take us far in view of our Champions League campaign where experience is crucial.
"Players have to meet certain standards. Remember we set ourselves high standards in the past three seasons where we won the local league, so we have to maintain that or do more."
Aboueme boasts of that experience - though limited to some extent - having taken part in the 2012 CAF Confederations Cup with St George.
The heavily-built 27-year-old has also had a stint in Angola with Sporting Clube Petroleos de Cabinda as well as two spells with Unisport de Bafang in his native Cameroon.
He also played for Cameroonian giants Canon de Yaoundé between 2005 and 2007 and coach Kalisto Pasuwa's assistants have already analysed video footage of the player.
Source - thestandard
