Mainland Premier League clubs will have until Monday to strengthen their squads after the Tanzania Football Federation (TFF) extended players’ registration exercise date.
TFF Secretary General, Angetile Osiah
TFF General Secretary, Angetile Osiah said that the extension follows failure by the federation to secure a compact disc used to process players’ registration exercise electronically.
However, he said the federation has already secured the device which was procured from NAS Technology of Tunisia. Osiah said following the extension, submission of objection dates will now be set between Tuesday and August 12 this year, while the TFF Legal, Ethics and Players Status Committee will meet on August 13 and 14 to deliberate on the objections and make decisions.
He said the mini-transfer window will open on November 15th up to December 15th this year. Osiah also urged premier league and first division league teams to submit names of the grounds they expect to use this season. The 2013/14 top flight league is set to kick off on August 24, this year.
Meanwhile, Burundian defender, Gilbert Kaze, was set to sign a two-year deal yesterday to feature for the Mainland giants Simba SC, ahead of the next season’s Mainland Premier League, which kicks off on August 24, this year.
Kaze jetted in Dar es Salaam on Thursday. Simba Information Officer, Ezekiel Kamwaga confirmed yesterday that, Kaze (28) was to sign the deal anytime yesterday after he agreed personal terms deal to play for Simba next season. Before joining Vital’O, Kaze had a spell with Police FC of Burundi.
Kaze was at the heart of Vital’ O defence when the Burundian Champions won the 2013 CECAFA Kagame Club Championship title for the first time in their history after a superb 2-0 win over three-time winners APR in an exciting final in North Darfur, Sudan last month.
Simba had already completed a coup last month, after signing the 2013 Kagame Cup’s top scorer Tambwe Amissi also from Vital’O. On Thursday, the Msimbazi Reds also agreed personal terms with former defender, Ugandan Joseph Owino, who is now re-joining the club from URA of Uganda.
Owino has completed his move back to Simba, where he played with distinctions in 2010/11 season but was dropped after suffering a serious knee injury. He was treated in India and later the towering defender joined Azam FC before he left mid last season, to join URA.
Simba look to strengthen its defence, which was considered as a weak link for the team’s campaign both in local and international competitions last season. Many soccer pundits also expect the Ugandan will add quality and strength in Simba’s defence, which for the past few seasons has been leaking in many goals, which is not typical of the team’s past history.
Meanwhile, Kamwaga has confirmed that defender Vincent Mabusela from South Africa has failed to impress Simba’s technical bench and will not be signed by the club. He said the only slot remaining for foreign players has been reserved for Ugandan striker Mosses Oloya, who Kamwaga insisted will arrive in the country on August 24 to complete his move to the club.
Simba are expected to play a friendly match against Police Combine at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam today and Kamwaga said the new recruited players are expected to feature in the match.
In another development, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed Tanzanian –Alfred Rwiza as the commissioner of the Africa Nations Championship (CHAN) second leg match between Angola and winner of the match to pit Mozambique and Namibia.
Source Tanzania Daily News
