Burly striker Muhamad Sulumba has finally completed his transfer from Blantyre United to Big Bullets after signing a three-year contract, ending hopes of his return to Be Forward Wanderers.<\/p>\n
Sulumba, who is expected to be unveiled today in Blantyre, Wednesday confirmed to have completed his transfer as a free agent, but reserved further comments. Sulumba played for Wanderers while on loan last season.<\/p>\n
United technical director, Lawson Nakoma, Wednesday confirmed to have allowed Sulumba to join Bullets without strings attached as his contract expires on April 20.<\/p>\n
\u201cPreviously, our colleagues were not transacting openly, but we told them that there was nothing to hide, and we had a round-table discussion. We could have acted differently, but we thought we should show that we respect contracts,\u201d Nakoma said.<\/p>\n
Players into the last six months of a contract are allowed to sign pre-contracts with other teams as Sulumba did.<\/p>\n
However, United last week threatened to sell the player to Wanderers after learning that he had signed the Bullets\u2019 pre-contract without Nakoma\u2019s consent.<\/p>\n
Wanderers\u2019 board of trustees\u2019 chairperson, Rashid Gaffar, over the weekend insisted that the Nomads would still chase Sulumba\u2019s signature.<\/p>\n
Super League of Malawi (Sulom) general secretary, Williams Banda, yesterday said they were yet to receive a clearance from United to confirm Sulumba\u2019s transfer.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Bullets and Wanderers risk the wrath of Football Association of Malawi (Fam) as the domestic football giants are being investigated for suspected player-tapping during the current transfer window.<\/p>\n
According to Fam transfer matching system manager, Casper Jangale, Bullets were charged for giving pre-contracts to John Lanjesi and Emmanuel Zoya, who have more than six months remaining on their contracts with Civo United.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is contrary to the rules because a player can only sign a pre-contract with another club if he has less than six months remaining on his contract,\u201d he said, adding that Bullets were also charged for misconduct after unveiling Sulumba before the two clubs finalised a deal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was no problem in Sulumba signing a pre-contract with Bullets, but the problem was the club unveiling the player. There were complaints against Bullets\u2019 actions, therefore, we are looking into the matter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Bullets have also accused Wanderers of approaching Chiukepo Msowoya without the club\u2019s consent, a move tantamount to player-tapping.<\/p>\n
He said investigations would be concluded by next week and the clubs would be summoned for a hearing. The guilty team risks K500,000 fine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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