BY WILLIAMS GONDWA:
Nyasa Big Bullets have reportedly failed to sign former Be Forward Wanderers Nigerian striker, Amos Bello, due to a misunderstanding on signing-on fees.
The Daily Times was unable to verify Bello’s issue with Bullets as their Chief Executive Officer, Fleetwood Haiya, was not readily available for a comment as we went to press Tuesday.
But a copy of the contract, which The Daily Times has seen, shows that Bullets nearly signed Bello on Monday as a free agent after he parted ways with the Nomads last season.
He missed action last season due to injury.
The copy of the proposed contract indicates that the team offered Bello a signing-on fee of K3 million for a two-year contract.
The contract shows that Bullets offered Bello a salary of K330,000, K30,000 game bonus for a win, K5, 000 for a draw and K6,000 weekly training allowance.
Bello’s agent, Duncan Kamwendo, Tuesday confirmed that his client refused to sign the contract because Bullets did not commit to paying his signing-on fee instantly.
Kamwendo claimed that Bullets wanted to pay half the fee in three months but Bello refused because he did not want a repeat of what he experienced at Wanderers.
“Yes, the deal between Bello and Bullets has been cancelled because we failed to agree on the mode of payment of the signing-on fee. Bullets wanted to sign Bello without giving him part payment of the signing-on fee until he plays for the club for three to six months.
“I tried to convince Bello to sign without the signing-on fee but he refused, and it was difficult to force him. He told me that he had a similar situation at Wanderers where he had to sweat for his signing-on fee,” Kamwendo said.
Bullets have Chiukepo Msowoya, Musa Manyenje, Patrick Phiri and Bright Munthali as their strikers.
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