Having won the top scorer’s award in two successive seasons, new Nzoia Sugar hitman Yasin Sije is looking to maintain his impressive goal scoring record and run away with yet another individual award in the forthcoming season.Sije’s prowess in front of the goal in the Division One league earned him a move to the top flight as Nzoia beat a handful of teams to his signature in the past transfer window.Kakamega Homeboyz and four-time Kenyan champions Ulinzi Stars are among the teams that were rumored to be interested in his services in the past transfer window.##NAJAVA_MECA_6778419##He joined Nzoia from Mayenje Santos who won reigned supreme in the third tier in the past campaign. It remains to be seen whether the club will be admitted to the Super League as the campaign was under the government-installed committees.Sije was named the best scorer of the season courtesy of the 21goals he netted for the Busia based club. The forward was also the best scorer in the 2020-2021 Division Two league as he netted 29 goals while plying trade with Busia Olympic.The 29-year old believes that his talent will procure him the Golden Shoe in his maiden season in the top flight even when the odds are certainly not leaning on his side.EXCLUSIVE: How Okanda revived his football career at the Kakuma refugee camp”I believe I will be the best scorer in the league despite being a new comer. I have won the award in two different leagues and the challenge is to prove myself at the top level,” he said.Nzoia were forced to deep into the transfer market and fish out a striker after losing their last season’s top scorer in Levis Okello who joined Kakamega Homeboyz.Division One top scorer Yassin Sije joins Nzoia SugarSije says he is ready pick from where Okello who netted nine goals last season left and aid the sugarmen score their goal for the season.“Okello set the bar high in his first season at Nzoia even though he did not play regularly in the first leg. I will try my best and raise it to a new high for the benefit of the team and for my own sake,” he added.
