Three months after joining Swedish outfit Karlstad, Eugene Asike is loving life at the club as he sets his eyes on helping the club gain promotion to the second tier.The 28-year-old made the switch from reigning Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) champions Tusker to Karlstad back in April on a short-term deal.Eugene Asike to extend deal with Swedish sideThe Kenyan international revealed that he is in talks to extend his contract with the club as he added that he is enjoying life in Sweden having nailed down a regular starting berth.“It’s something we are discussing with the club (contract extension), hopefully at the end of the season, it will materialize. For now, I’m focusing on helping the club to gain promotion to the second tier.My time at the club has been good so far, I have started nine games here before the league went on a break,” said the former Sofapaka defender.##NAJAVA_MECA_6542336##Karlstad are currently seventh on the log, nine points from the promotion playoffs having played half of the games thus far this season.The club is in the same league as Vasalund which is home to Kenyan midfielders Mohamed Katana and Anthony Wambani with Ovella Ochieng leaving at the start of last season.Asike sets targets at Swedish side KarlstadAsike went on to wax lyrical about the club who have former England manager Sven Eriksson as the club technical advisor as the defender looks to raise his game at the club.“It is a very good club, very professional, good people, and a rich technical bench including Sven Eriksson as the club technical advisor. it’s somewhere I can even develop more as a player,” added Asike.
