‘BIRDS’ SUSPEND

MBABANE - Capital City giants Mbabane Swallows have since suspended defensive midfielder Kabia Mohammed for breaching his contract with the Mbabane giants.

7he 6ierra /eone international player Moined the red and white cap ital giants before the start of the season, from a loan deal from his parent team Alaska back in his native country.

Before Moining 6wallows, .abia was playing for 'enver 6undowns locally. 6wallows *eneral 0anager *0 6andile µBeyond ¶ =wane said it was true that the player was suspended in the club.

MAttending

³:e served 0ohammed with a letter of suspension yesterday 0on day for not attending to the activities of the club. 7he player was nowhere to be seen in our last 071 3remier /eague game against 1singi]ini +ot spurs and doing that has led to him facing the wrath of the club 'C. 7he club goes against such practices be cause we do things in a professional manner,´ he said.

7he former 'enver 6undowns play er was suspended after not attending 6wallows¶ game last 6unday against 1singi]ini +otspurs, where the 0ba bane giants won . +e has further been slapped with three charges for misconduct. 7he *0 highlighted that the player¶s decision of not go ing to the match was a serious case which would not be taken lightly by the club.

+is agent, Alhassan .amara, who is based in 6ierra /eone, revealed to this publication on 0onday after noon that the player was currently on a season long loan deal with the Caleb 1gwenya led side, which was e[pected to e[pire at the end of the

BABANE – Eswatini national Under-23s youngsters Thubelihle Mavuso and Yeki Khumalo will attend an assessment in Italy early next month.

³1singi]ini +otspurs player 7hube lihle 0avuso and

7he youngsters who both play for the national 8nder s have been very influential in this season campaign. 7he phenomenal 7hubelihle was in the inaugural 0o0o Cup named the deserving Best 3layer of the 7our campaign.

+e also said that the deal, which was made by both parties, was that a loan fee was to be paid by 6wallows for the service of the player. Accord ing to .amara, the local side had not yet paid the money. ³7he agreement fee was E and was meant to be paid last year in 'ecember.

³7he 6wallows management have not been responding and even when 0ohammed¶s club asked him not to play on 6unday, the team did not reach out to resolve the matter,´ .amara said.

+e said 8mkhonto .a6haka breached the contract agreement which they had with Alaska and were at liberty to terminate it. +owever, the club *0 refuted the agent¶s nament after being instrumental in helping 1singi]ini +otspurs win the lucrative 0o0o Cup.

7he youngster has been known in every 071 3remier /eague game to display top shelf football and has been a worst nightmare to defenders.

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0oneni 3irates¶

Eswatini national 8nder Coach 0dudu]i 1[umalo mentioned that this was good news for the country ³+ear ing that the players will be going for claims.

³0babane 6wallows do not at any point not fulfil agreements with play ers because the team respects every player and the club in this case has a running contract with 0ohammed.

³First of all, the player was not in the club on loan.

Reports

³7he reports by the player¶s agent that the player was on loan in the club were not true and the club has the player fully registered as a 0babane 6wallows Football Club player.

³:hoever wants to take us to F,FA is free to do that and those who dispute that can go to EFA officers. :e don¶t have any agreement with any agent but we have an agreement with the player and the contract an assessment in ,taly is good news in terms of development of the players. 3laying or even having an assessment in a country like ,taly can also help the players to see how things are done in other countries and in general, it can benefit the players. 3ersonally, , feel like if such moves can happen freTuently, our national team can also improve,´ he said.

3irates and 1singi]ini +otsuprs 3ub lic 5elations 2fficer 352 0buso +lophe and well known 6pokesper son, 6ibusiso µ0notfo¶ 'lamini could not be drawn for comment after their cellphones rang unanswered when called yesterday.

/ocal players who have secured moves abroad of late included 0ba which he signed in the club, which stip ulates clearly that he must do all activities in the club that include, among others, going to play in matches,´ =wane said.

µBeyond ¶ also mentioned that they only communicated with the player agent through the phone and that was it. ³7he doc umented contracts and everything were done with the player.

³:e don¶t have any agreements with the player agent.

bane 6wallows¶ /eon µ6chuster¶ 0anyisa, who was in Armenia in but Tuickly returned home following disagreements with his then employ ers, who were identified as FC Van. 0hlengi Fakud]e was also rumoured to be off to Belarus.

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7he latter was also earlier last year playing for FC 0alaga Academy in 6pain, where he was attached for si[ months. 7he impressive 0hlengi impressed during short his stint. +e is currently undergoing assessment at 6outh African low division side Ama7uks.