Local clubs eyeing Kenyan international and Nzoia Sugar combative midfielder Kevin Juma in the mid-season transfer window will be forced to break the bank as the player renewed his contract with the Bungoma based club.Juma was supposed to walk out of the Nzoia Sugar camp as a free agent at the start of the year but the quick thinking management of the club handed him a six-month long contract.##NAJAVA_MECA_6945120##Kenyan champions Tusker have been trailing the midfielder for quite some time and are understood to have made him a key target in the next window that is penciled to open in February.Four-time Kenyan champions Ulinzi Stars are reportedly also in the race to land his signature among other deep-pocketed clubs that ply trade in the top flight.Juma who doubles up as Nzoia assistant captain disclosed that he penned a short-term deal with the outfit that is flourishing in the current season as the team is ranked second with 17 points, one shy of Tusker.Former KCB, Sofapaka captain set to join Tusker after a spell in the cold”I accepted a new deal from the club before the year began. I am looking forward to serving the team on the pitch for the remainder of the season,” he said.Asked on why he elected to extend his stay with the sugarmen, the former Chandawa FC midfielder said it was imperative to hang around and help the team achieve the objectives of the season.Juma who made his Harambee Stars bow in 2021 during the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers insisted that Nzoia’s terrific run in the league was not by fluke and that the team has what it takes to win the league title.”Failing to make a move does not mean that I am not ambitious neither am I in a comfort zone. The team is playing its best football in recent years and I want to be serve up to the final round of the season unless something special comes up in the window and the management strikes a deal,” he added.Wanyonyi ready to stop “mouthy” MandongaNzoia are set to play Tusker on Saturday at the Ruaraka grounds.The last time the two sides met at the same venue, Tusker scored late to salvage a point.
