ZIMBABWE international defender Onismor Bhasera looks set to leave Plymouth Argyle after the English League Two football side’s coach John Sheridan said he was still awaiting a response from the player about his future.
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Bhasera, Argyle’s Player of the Year, was initially given until Monday last week to confirm whether he would be returning to Plymouth for the 2013/14 league campaign.
However, the Mutare-born left-sided defender, who joined Plymouth from Kaizer Chiefs in 2010 and who is said to be a target for Bristol City and Oxford United, has thus far failed to surface.
According to media reports from Plymouth yesterday, Sheridan is busy putting his own stamp on the make-up of next season’s Argyle squad, and clearly rates Bhasera highly.
Sheridan said: “The ball is in Baz’s (Bhasera) court at the moment. We’ve made him a very good offer and, hopefully, he will accept it, but it’s 50/50 over whether he will or not.”
Argyle players are scheduled to return for pre-season training on June 26 and Sheridan is confident friendlies arranged with local non-league sides and home games with Championship newboys Yeovil Town and League One MK Dons are the right mix.
He said: “The purpose of pre-season friendlies is to test the level of fitness of the players before any new campaign starts and let the fans see the new signings in action. So, we’ll be visiting local clubs like Elburton Villa and then have Milton Keynes Dons and Yeovil at Home Park.
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“Milton Keynes are a good League One club and will provide solid opposition for us as will Yeovil.”
Bhasera, however, is not likely to be part of the Plymouth Argyle squad when the friendlies take place as he seems to have set his sights elsewhere after three years at the League Two side.
