Umony jets out for trials at SuperSport
Jun 22, 2009
CRANES striker Brian Umony has left for Johannesburg where he will have trials with two-time South Africa league champions Supersport United.
By Norman Katende
And Phillip Corry
CRANES striker Brian Umony has left for Johannesburg where he will have trials with two-time South Africa league champions Supersport United.
The KCC FC striker flew out of the country over the weekend, his manager Mujib Kasule confirmed. He left some officials from Tanzania’s Simba SC pursuing him, stranded in Kampala.
Umony will have a one-week trial at SuperSport, a club he eliminated from the MTN Champions League early this year. If he passes, he will join goalkeeper Denis Onyango.
The striker is expected to lead an exodus of players out of KCC that could lose up to four this month.
The club’s captain Sam Mubiru has become a target for Serbian super liga side FK Cukaricki, where Uganda’s Eugene Ssepuuya plies his trade.
Others poised to move are the other leading striker Robert Ssentongo and goalkeeper Benjamin Ochan.
“The club is going to lose a few key players who are wanted in Europe and South Africa,†a club source said.
“The club is aware of these interests from various clubs and these players should have left during the soccer campaign this season, but because of the club’s commitments they stuck with KCC.â€
Umony and Ssentongo are targets for South African clubs SuperSport United and Platinum Stars. Ochan is poised to move to Denmark.
Midfielder Patrick Senfuka has also almost agreed terms with league champions URA FC.
And Phillip Corry
CRANES striker Brian Umony has left for Johannesburg where he will have trials with two-time South Africa league champions Supersport United.
The KCC FC striker flew out of the country over the weekend, his manager Mujib Kasule confirmed. He left some officials from Tanzania’s Simba SC pursuing him, stranded in Kampala.
Umony will have a one-week trial at SuperSport, a club he eliminated from the MTN Champions League early this year. If he passes, he will join goalkeeper Denis Onyango.
The striker is expected to lead an exodus of players out of KCC that could lose up to four this month.
The club’s captain Sam Mubiru has become a target for Serbian super liga side FK Cukaricki, where Uganda’s Eugene Ssepuuya plies his trade.
Others poised to move are the other leading striker Robert Ssentongo and goalkeeper Benjamin Ochan.
“The club is going to lose a few key players who are wanted in Europe and South Africa,†a club source said.
“The club is aware of these interests from various clubs and these players should have left during the soccer campaign this season, but because of the club’s commitments they stuck with KCC.â€
Umony and Ssentongo are targets for South African clubs SuperSport United and Platinum Stars. Ochan is poised to move to Denmark.
Midfielder Patrick Senfuka has also almost agreed terms with league champions URA FC.