Wagaluka impresses at Scotland’s Inverness
Aug 19, 2008
DAN Wagaluka is determined to secure his career-dream move to Scottish Premiership side Inverness Caledonian Thistle this week.
By Fred Kaweesi
DAN Wagaluka is determined to secure his career-dream move to Scottish Premiership side Inverness Caledonian Thistle this week.
The diminutive midfielder had a work out with the club’s reserve team last Thursday during which he impressed with his huge work ethic and movement, on and off the ball.
Wagaluka, a star of former Super Division soccer League champions Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), is expected to have his second trial match today when an Iverness select team hosts Liverpool’s reserve side in a testimonial game.
“I enjoyed my first game last week. After the game, everybody around me liked what I had done,†Wagaluka told The New Vision on phone yesterday.
“I hope to impress in my second match today and hopefully that will convince the technical staff that I am worth a contract.â€
Scottish publications had earlier stated that Iverness had shown willingness to pay his club—URA—a nominal transfer fee to complete the deal.
If Wagaluka excels in his trials, he will just like his Cranes teammate David Obua, have to rely on the appeals procedure to secure a work permit.
Aside from playing over 75% of Uganda’s matches, Wagaluka has also impressed against Africa giants such as Nigeria and Angola.
Wagaluka will become the second Ugandan in the SPL after former national coach Csaba Laszlo signed left-winger David Obua at Hearts.
Laszlo is known to be keen to bring in more talent from the Ugandan national set-up to bolster his squad at Tynecastle.
At the same time, Hearts went down 2-0 to Rangers with goals from new signing Kyle Lafferty and Kris Boyd in Saturday’s Scottish Premier League clash.
They took the lead when Lafferty fired his first goal for the club in the 38th minute after team mate Lee McCulloch had swiped and missed the ball.
Boyd blasted in a penalty kick in stoppage time to wrap up the game.
DAN Wagaluka is determined to secure his career-dream move to Scottish Premiership side Inverness Caledonian Thistle this week.
The diminutive midfielder had a work out with the club’s reserve team last Thursday during which he impressed with his huge work ethic and movement, on and off the ball.
Wagaluka, a star of former Super Division soccer League champions Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), is expected to have his second trial match today when an Iverness select team hosts Liverpool’s reserve side in a testimonial game.
“I enjoyed my first game last week. After the game, everybody around me liked what I had done,†Wagaluka told The New Vision on phone yesterday.
“I hope to impress in my second match today and hopefully that will convince the technical staff that I am worth a contract.â€
Scottish publications had earlier stated that Iverness had shown willingness to pay his club—URA—a nominal transfer fee to complete the deal.
If Wagaluka excels in his trials, he will just like his Cranes teammate David Obua, have to rely on the appeals procedure to secure a work permit.
Aside from playing over 75% of Uganda’s matches, Wagaluka has also impressed against Africa giants such as Nigeria and Angola.
Wagaluka will become the second Ugandan in the SPL after former national coach Csaba Laszlo signed left-winger David Obua at Hearts.
Laszlo is known to be keen to bring in more talent from the Ugandan national set-up to bolster his squad at Tynecastle.
At the same time, Hearts went down 2-0 to Rangers with goals from new signing Kyle Lafferty and Kris Boyd in Saturday’s Scottish Premier League clash.
They took the lead when Lafferty fired his first goal for the club in the 38th minute after team mate Lee McCulloch had swiped and missed the ball.
Boyd blasted in a penalty kick in stoppage time to wrap up the game.