A week after failing to clinch a deal with Highlands Park, there is a flicker of hope for Flames\u2019 defender, Miracle Gabeya, to sign for the South Africa Absa Premier Soccer League (PSL) side.<\/p>\n
Nyasa Big Bullets\u2019 Chairperson, Noel Lipipa, said they were negotiating with Highlands to take Gabeya as a free agent.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are a team that believes in uplifting our players and everyone was happy that Gabeya had found a team,\u201d Lipipa explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cTherefore, we are looking at ways of having the team take the player on board. One way is to let him go as a free agent, while we agree on some conditions like that they should just give us something.\u201d<\/p>\n
Free agents can sign for any suitor outside the transfer window. Such players sign for free and earn signing-on fees.<\/p>\n
Lipipa faulted an unnamed go-between for spoiling the transfer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe discovered at the last minute that there was an agent who wanted to pocket more than our club from the deal,\u201d Lipipa said.<\/p>\n
\u201cInitially, we got communication that Highlanders wanted to pay less than K5 million on the star, but after some negotiations, it was raised to K5 million, then K10 million.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lipipa added that they were eventually surprised to discover that the agent had agreed with Highlanders a transfer fee of K28 million for the defender.<\/p>\n
The name of former Bullets\u2019 defender, Patrick Mabedi, has been mentioned in the botched up transfer deal, but it is unclear if he is the so-called agent, who Lipipa is referring to.<\/p>\n
Agents are those that are certified. Mabedi is a mere coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is not true that an agent should benefit more than a team or the player himself. That is being greedy. We spend a lot of money to build such young players up to the level that some teams should require their services,\u201d Lipipa said.<\/p>\n
Gabeya, who had initially flopped in his trials at another PSL team, Kaizer Chiefs, eventually made it at Highlands last week.<\/p>\n
However, the sweeper returned home after talks between his current employers, Bullets and Highlands flopped on January 31, 2017 transfer deadline.<\/p>\n
It was a fresh setback for the former Malawi Under-20 National Football Team sweeper who also previously had unsuccessful trials with other PSL sides, Chippa United and Bloemfontein Celtic recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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