Be Forward Wanderers\u2019 Executive Committee on Wednesday appointed midfielder Alfred Manyozo Junior as Captain for the 2018 season, replacing Joseph Kamwendo.<\/p>\n
The appointment comes barely a day after veteran forward Esau Kanyenda resigned from the club due to in-fighting connected to the captaincy.<\/p>\n
Wanderers Chairperson, Gift Mkandawire, on Wednesday confirmed that defender Lucky Malata and midfielder Mike Kaziputa would deputise Manyozo as vice and second vice captains, respectively.<\/p>\n
However, Mkandawire insisted that the appointment of the three captains was not due to disagreements among the team\u2019s players.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are just surprised by these rumours. Otherwise, the appointment of Kamwendo as captain was temporary until the end of last season because Francis Mlimbika excused himself from such a role. Before the new season starts, we had to meet and appoint new captains as required,\u201d Mkandawire said.<\/p>\n
Kamwendo has, through his Manager Innocent Kweweka, reportedly resigned from the TNM Super League champions.<\/p>\n
However, the player is still contracted to the Nomads and he cannot just walk out on the contract.<\/p>\n
But Mkandawire said Kamwendo has not written Wanderers over his reported resignation.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us just say that these are club matters and we will handle them so that we shouldn\u2019t get affected in our preparations for the new season,\u201d Mkandawire said.<\/p>\n
However, Kweweka told Mij FM Thursday that Kamwendo resigned due to frustrations over the captaincy issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom what he explained to me, it is about the captaincy. However, he has not indicated to me what his next step would be. We are just waiting for a response from Wanderers\u2019 Executive Committee on the matter,\u201d Kweweka said.<\/p>\n
It is alleged that Kamwendo never wanted another player to take over the armband from him.<\/p>\n
In a leaked audio clip that has gone viral on social media, Kamwendo accuses some Wanderers\u2019 players of ganging up to have him removed as captain in favour of Kanyenda.<\/p>\n
Last year, Kamwendo also threatened to resign from Wanderers, saying he wanted to relocate to Lilongwe so as to be closer to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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