Vihiga United finished tenth in the 2021/22 National Super League season under coach Mike Mururi, a dismal performance for a club that had just featured in the top flight the season before.Now, with players exiting left right and centre, seasoned left-back Michael Odongo fears for the future of the club.The defender suffered a devastating knee injury after just seven matches and had to sit out- painfully- the remainder of the campaign.Which Way Kenyan football?”I twisted my knee while playing against SS Assad in Mombasa and that was it for me. I was financed by a friend to seek treatment but it just couldn’t get better before the season ended,” narrates Odongo.As a regular player, sitting on the sidelines and watching as the team posts poor results can take a toll on one.It is the senior players that are answerable whenever good results don’t come forth and this he experienced, after all, it’s Vihiga United- the team that has earned promotion twice into the FKF Premier League.##NAJAVA_MECA_6724263##”As painful as it is, the worse part is having to be answerable when you didn’t even play,” continues the former Thika United man.He, however, is recuperating now and with the league still yet to begin, more time means he’ll be fit before the new season begins.”A few months ago I couldn’t even run. I had a scan that showed I might have stretched a ligament but all is well now. I’m recovering well and I can sprint. Only fitness remains,” he says.Rachier labels Gor picketers as ‘busybodies’Vihiga United, who have been in the top flight twice, issued a walkover once during last season’s NSL campaign that could very well be the genesis of their troubles. From this moment, sitting third on the log, the team dropped to six and went seven games without a victory.A handful of players have since deserted the team citing unpaid salaries and United could be the only club yet to resume their pre-season training.
