Gor Mahia have managed to convince highly rated defender Sylvester Owino to play for them as from next year, Mozzart Sport can exclusively reveal.Owino was a free agent after seeing out his contract with Kakamega Homeboyz, which ended at the start of November. For a week now, the lanky defender, who has attracted a lot of interest from within and outside, has been training with K’Ogalo.”He (Owino) is now under our (Gor Mahia) control. We’re just waiting for the FIFA transfer ban to be lifted in January so that we can finalize the deal,” a close source told Mozzart Sport.SPORTS BUZZ||Former #FKFPL side , @KHomeboyz defender Sylvester Owino has left the club following the expiry of his contract with the club.Owino has attracted interest from several clubs and is set to complete a move abroad.#ScoreCrunches 📸 : Courtesy. pic.twitter.com/bh6hQI7xLm— ScoreCrunches (@ke_score) October 25, 2022 Gor Mahia cannot sign new players, other than from their youth team, after FIFA, the world’s football governing body, slapped them with a transfer ban until January next year over breach of player contracts.Owino tried out with Portuguese side CF Estrela De Amadora in August, but returned home without securing a move. In a recent interview with Mozzart Sport, the former Vihiga Bullets player said that he was angling for a move to Denmark, with an opportunity in Sweden also knocking.Highly-rated Kakamega Homeboyz defender Sylvester Owino has attracted interest from several second-tier clubs in Greece and could move in the next transfer window pic.twitter.com/QOZmx0E130— Jeff Kinyanjui (@_JeffKinyanjui) August 27, 2021 “For now, all I can say is that I will be moving to Denmark after serving my time at Homeboyz. There has been some strong interest from there as well as Sweden but all the details have not quite been finalized. I can however confirm that the move will likely be to Denmark,” he said.Gor Mahia have had to lean on their youth structure for over a year now for players as the FIFA ban bit, however, the coach Johnathan McKinstry’s side is said to have identified several key signings ahead of next year when the ban expires.Since the departure of long-serving skipper Harun Shakava to Police FC, K’Ogalo have looked shaky at the back. In their last two friendlies ahead of the new FKFPL season kick-off this weekend, the team has soaked in three goals. The addition of Owino is thus expected to plug the holes in defense.
