Football Association of Malawi (Fam) will not buy a luxury coach for the Flames as previously planned, but will now purchase a 36-seaster coaster.<\/p>\n
Fam executive committee meeting held on Saturday at Chiwembe, resolved to shelve plans to buy a bus after getting a donation of the same from South Africa Football Association (Safa).<\/p>\n
The association\u2019s general secretary, Suzgo Nyirenda, confirmed the development Sunday.<\/p>\n
Fam wanted to use K75 million from the bonus it got from Fifa last year, to buy the luxury bus.<\/p>\n
\u201cExecutive committee has resolved to purchase a 36-seater coaster instead of a bus and the balance will go towards national team engagements,\u201d Nyirenda said.<\/p>\n
The donation from Safa and the 36-seater which Fam wants to buy will mark the end of the Flames\u2019 travel problems.<\/p>\n
In the past, cash strapped Fam had to hire a bus spending millions of kwachas in the process.<\/p>\n
The donation, which arrived last week, is one of the several buses that were used by teams during the South Africa 2010 World Cup which was won by Spain.<\/p>\n
Safa first announced about the decision to share the World Cup legacy about two years ago.<\/p>\n
Initially, Fam wanted the Flames to use the bus to travel to Zambia for an international friendly against Chipolopolo.<\/p>\n
However, the bus, which is parked at Malawi National Council of Sports offices, is yet to be cleared.<\/p>\n
The bus features include; toilets, comfortable seats, TV, fridge and passenger address system amongst others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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