Highly-rated Owino yearning for Gor Mahia debut after club was cleared to sign new players

Gor Mahia centre back Sylvester Owino cannot wait to make his club debut when the record Kenyan champions travel to face the struggling Vihiga Bullets.Owino joined Gor a couple of months ago but had to patiently wait for his debut as the club was unable to sign and register new players.Gor were cleared by world’s governing body FIFA to sign and register new players on Friday after clearing what was owned to former players who had sued the team over breach of contract.##NAJAVA_MECA_7125738##The Cup holders were unable to sign new players in the past two windows thanks to the sanctions imposed by FIFA.Owino, who is among the scores of recruits the club is hoping to register before the mid-season window elapses, says he is eager to make his debut against Bullets who, are interestingly his former employer.“I am yearning to debut for the club next week when the league matches resume. I have been training and playing friendly matches with the rest. I am fully fit and looking forward to a positive start of life at the competitive level,” said the youngster.South Sudan’s Kuol joins Mathare after ten month absence from competitive footballOwino, made himself a name in the past term as he anchored the Kakamega Homeboyz defence and chipped in with a handful of goals mostly, from freekicks.He ditched Homeboyz in October last year following the expiry of his contract.The towering defender was heavily linked with a move to Portugal after leaving Homeboyz but ended up joining the Gor camp.Sofapaka skipper David Nshimirimana terms national team snub a wake up callHe terms the period of inactivity triggered by the club’s inability to sign new players as one of the toughest moments in his career but, he is glad to have navigated through.“It was frustrating to watch my colleagues get minutes in the first leg. It was difficult to fathom considering that I was fully fit but issues beyond me could not allow me play. I treat the first leg as water under the bridge for there is nothing I can do about it,” he stated.

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