Former Harambee Stars coach Engin Firat has been linked with a move to Moldovan giants Sheriff Tiraspol a month after he parted ways with Harambee Stars following the expiry of his two-month trial contract.Firat, who was handed the reins at FKF in September left after the unsuccessful World Cup qualification campaign. His final match was against Rwanda in November which coincidentally is the one he won. He was in charge of the team for four games, lost two, drew one, and won one.Following the disbandment of the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) by the government, any hopes of his contract being renewed vanished although the installed government Caretaker Committee had promised to meet him to chat a way forward.Reports in Turkey and Ukraine have now linked the tactician with a return to Moldova, this time with their top club Sherrif, 19-time winners of the Moldovan league. Reports in the Turkish media report that current coach Yury Vernydub has told the club that he wants to leave after receiving good offers from the Saudi Arabian league and wants the management to source for his replacement to let him leave. Yury is best remembered for overseeing his team’s 2-1 win over Real Madrid in a UEFA Champions League group stage match in Madrid.2021-2022 sezonunda UEFA Şampiyonlar Ligi’nde mücadele eden ve performansı ile dikkat çeken Moldova’nın Sheriff takımının, Türk teknik direktör Engin Fırat ile ilgilendiği öğrenildi pic.twitter.com/FiLWcmCtiv— İHA Spor (@iha_spor) December 21, 2021 “Coach Yury Vernydub conveyed that he wanted to leave the management. It was stated in the news that the successful coach received an offer from Saudi Arabia that was difficult to refuse after his performance this year and he asked the management to help him because he wanted to evaluate it, and it was written that Sheriff Tiraspol responded positively to the request on the condition of a testimonial fee of 500 thousand euros and have since talked to Firat” read a statement published on ajansspor.com,“Sheriff, one of the flash teams of Europe, has a coach change on his agenda. Sheriff, who eliminated teams such as Red Star and Dinamo Zagreb and made it to the groups in the Champions League, and attracted all the attention with his Real Madrid win here, finished the group in 3rd place with 7 points after Inter and qualified for the last 16 round of the Europa League,”.Firat is not new in Moldova having handled their national team before coming to Kenya.
