{"id":81014,"date":"2019-07-25T10:15:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T08:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/?p=81014"},"modified":"2019-07-25T10:15:47","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T08:15:47","slug":"south-african-clubs-monitor-nomad-francisco-madinga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/2019\/07\/25\/south-african-clubs-monitor-nomad-francisco-madinga\/","title":{"rendered":"South African clubs monitor Nomad Francisco Madinga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Mabvuto Kambuwe:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81017\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/francisco-madinga.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81017\" src=\"http:\/\/www.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/francisco-madinga-300x257.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/francisco-madinga-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/francisco-madinga.jpg 426w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ON THE RADAR\u2014Madinga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>South African clubs, including Soweto giants Orlando Pirates, are reportedly monitoring Be Forward Wanderers blossoming forward Francisco Madinga Junior after a fantastic performance in the TNM Super League this season.<\/p>\n<p>The former Namiwawa FC player has claimed his stake in Wanderers camp, scoring vital goals, including a brace in the 4-1 victory over TN Stars recently.<\/p>\n<p>Wanderers Chairperson, Gift Mkandawire, told the local media that Madinga was expected to be released to South Africa for trials at the end of the league\u2019s first-round.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cThere are several teams interested in him, including Pirates, but we have told the agent that the teams can assess him during the first-round break. The youngster is one of the important players for us,\u201d<\/em> Mkandawire is quoted as saying.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Madinga yesterday confirmed receiving an inquiry from some foreign teams.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cI was contacted by some people from South Africa on the issue and they told me to provide them with my details so I am just waiting. I am humbled that other teams are appreciating my talent. I will continue working hard so that I realise my dream,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Madinga joined Wanderers alongside defender Precious Sambani on a two-year loan deal from Namiwawa.<\/p>\n<p>But after the expiry of the loan deals, Madinga stayed put at Wanderers whereas Sambani joined rivals Nyasa Big Bullets on a three-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Madinga is expected to feature for Wanderers in Saturday\u2019s Blantyre derby against Bullets at Kamuzu Stadium in Blantyre after missing a goal-less draw against Silver Strikers at Silver Stadium last week in the league.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster, alongside Peter Banda, Chimwemwe Idana, Charles Petro and Mike Mkwate, are considered as future stars for the Flames.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mabvuto Kambuwe: South African clubs, including Soweto giants Orlando Pirates, are reportedly monitoring Be Forward Wanderers blossoming forward Francisco Madinga Junior after a fantastic performance in the TNM Super League this season. The former Namiwawa FC player has claimed his stake in Wanderers camp, scoring vital goals, including a brace in the 4-1 victory [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81014"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81014\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81018,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81014\/revisions\/81018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.times.mw\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}