{"id":74690,"date":"2019-02-21T03:35:30","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T01:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=74690"},"modified":"2019-02-21T03:35:30","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T01:35:30","slug":"striker-muhammad-sulumba-hunts-for-silver-strikers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/02\/21\/striker-muhammad-sulumba-hunts-for-silver-strikers\/","title":{"rendered":"Striker Muhammad Sulumba hunts for Silver Strikers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Mabvuto Kambuwe: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_68686\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68686\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/muhammad-sulumba.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-68686\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/muhammad-sulumba-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/muhammad-sulumba-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/muhammad-sulumba.jpg 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-68686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WEIGHING OPTIONS\u2014Sulumba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The take-off of burly striker Muhammad Sulumba\u2019s TNM Super League career was so quick, but certainly that is not the case with the landing.<\/p>\n<p>Sulumba\u2014who played for Blantyre United, Nyasa Big Bullets, Be Forward Wanderers, the Flames and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/polokwane-city-evict-muhammad-sulumba\/\">Polokwane City<\/a> in South Africa Premier League\u2014he is now having to start from scratch.<\/p>\n<p>Released by Polokwane and Bullets, Sulumba\u2014the big forward who has pace, aggression, heading ability but with suspect finishing\u2014 is undergoing trials at Silver Strikers ahead of the new season.<\/p>\n<p>Sulumba started training with Silver as they regrouped on Tuesday. The team\u2019s assistant coach, Peter Mgangira, confirmed the striker\u2019s presence at the Lilongwe side.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cHe is not the only player who is training with us. We have several players training with us,\u201d<\/em> Mgangira said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Sulumba Wednesday said he hopes to impress Silver.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIt is true that I am undergoing the trials at Silver but there is nothing concrete at the moment. I will comment more after finalising everything,\u201d<\/em> Sulumba said<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If successful at Silver, Sulumba would fight for places with Ghanaian Michael Teteh, Khuda Muyaba, Mphatso Philimon and Green Harawa.<\/p>\n<p>The striker shot into the limelight when he joined Wanderers on loan before crossing the floor to Bullets.<\/p>\n<p>Silver hope to mount a serious TNM Super League title challenge next season, having gone five years without winning the championship.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Silver general secretary, Lawrence Yobe, indicated they would sign three players before the start of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mabvuto Kambuwe: The take-off of burly striker Muhammad Sulumba\u2019s TNM Super League career was so quick, but certainly that is not the case with the landing. Sulumba\u2014who played for Blantyre United, Nyasa Big Bullets, Be Forward Wanderers, the Flames and Polokwane City in South Africa Premier League\u2014he is now having to start from scratch. 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