FORMER Zesco United left-back Zimiseleni Moyo is training with Bulawayo football giants Highlanders as he continues to look for a new home after parting ways with the Zambian champions at the beginning of the year.
BY SAKHELENI NXUMALO
Highlanders chief executive officer Ndumiso Gumede confirmed to NewsDay Sport yesterday that the player who broke new ground by being Zimbabwe’s first football export to Zambia began training with Bosso last week.
“He (Moyo) began training with the team last week and if the technical team is happy with him, then he will be signed,” Gumede said. A product of Pumula East-based East Rovers and the now defunct Railstars, Moyo is a talented left-footer who can play as a left-back and also as a midfielder.
Sources at Highlanders said Mafu is interested in using him in a creative role behind the strikers in a bid to redress his team’s failure to find the target.
Highlanders have managed a paltry two goals in the five matches they have played so far in the Premier Soccer League this season and these have been scored by defenders Teenage Hadebe and Webster Chingodza. And Gumede did allude to this when confirming Moyo’s presence at Bosso.
“Moyo is one of two players who came in last week to showcase their talents and the club’s position is that should he meet our requirements, he has to come in and plug a weakness the technical team has identified,” he said.
Moyo is a free agent and can be registered at any time, but Gumede said what is problematic is securing international clearances like what happened in the case of Julius Daudi who was based in Namibia last year.
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Another player who is training with Bosso is 17-year-old former Prince Edward School Obert Tafira, also a free agent, who played at school with Bosso striker Thomas Chideu.
A former Zimbabwe youth international, Moyo signed for Zesco in 2010 after being spotted playing social soccer in South Africa where he had relocated in 2006 by former Zambian footballer Mwenga Chipepo.
He was reported to have been eyeing a move to either Mozambique or Angola after leaving the 2014 Zambian league champions, but only went on a club-hunting sojourn in South Africa after a brief training stint with Highlanders to keep himself fit.
Upon his return from South Africa, Moyo stayed fit by training with his neighbourhood team FC Toronto, who are coached by the man who groomed him at East Rovers juniors, Gift “Ghetto” Nkala.
The player himself confirmed that he had been training with Highlanders since last week, but could not divulge any further details for fear of jeopardising negotiations.
