Kenyan international Johanna Omolo has been compensated by his former club Kocaelispor after parting ways in May.According to a Turkish online publication, Kocaeli Gazetesi, the club paid the player around Ksh 4.8m last week together with Cameroonian Georges Mandjeck who also left the club.Following the club’s relegation to the third tier, the duo were some of the players allowed to leave with the club unable to field any foreigners in the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) third-tier league.”A mutual payment commitment was made with Kenyan Johanna Omolo and Cameroonian Georges Mandjeck, who played in Kocaelispor last season. The green and black management made these payments and deposited approximately 40 thousand Euros into the accounts of the players. Thus, the files of both players were completely closed,” the publication wrote.Why Johanna Omolo took Master’s program in Sports ManagementThe 32-year-old’s contract was set to expire on at the end of May, this year, but the club’s relegation to the third tier triggered an early termination as they announced parting ways with the Kenyan earlier in May.He featured sparingly for the club this season following a reported fallout with the club’s management which led to him being relegated to train with the Under 19 side.The central midfielder had been club-less since parting ways with another Turk side, BB Erzurumspor following their relegation to the second tier at the end of the 2020/2021 campaign after finishing 18th with 40 points just one less than Kayserispor who survived the drop then.Profesyonel futbolcumuz Johanna Ochieng Omolo’nun 31.05.2022 tarihinde sona erecek olan sözleşmesi karşılıklı olarak feshedilmiştir. pic.twitter.com/OdQLNKiAw0— Kocaelispor (@Kocaelispor) May 24, 2022 He had moved to Turkey in January 2021 from Belgian side, Cercle Brugge.
