Under-fire AFC Leopards striker Arthur Gitego has vehemently denied being a party animal, engaging in excessive alcohol intake, and failing to live up to the expectations at the den.Gitego’s alleged massive alcohol consumption and poor goal-scoring record, in the season, have been a hot subject of discussion in football circles, especially among Leopards fans in the past week.Ingwe faithful have been petitioning the management to shred Gitego’s contract as his contributions on the pitch are not commensurate to the high salary he draws and standards a foreigner should meet.##NAJAVA_MECA_8555182##However, the Rwandese forward has strongly denied the partying allegations and revealed reasons for his worrying goal returns in the ongoing season.In an interview with SportsBoom.com, the towering forward dismissed the reputation-damaging allegations, insisting that he is a complete teetotaler.Gitego, who acknowledged to be in receipt of the allegations, slammed those who have been calling for his dismissal of making conclusions without hearing his side of the story.He claimed that those spreading the partying reports are motivated by prejudice and feels that he is used as a scapegoat for the inconsistent results witnessed at the club.Shikanda plotting solution to AFC Leopards and NEC member conflict of interest positionsThe 22-year-old said his critics were taking advantage of the loss of his form to express their hatred and advance their xenophobic agenda.”I don’t drink alcohol at all, contrary to what has been spreading on social media. I was shocked to see reports linking me to alcohol consumption and partying, which I don’t engage in at all,” he said.He blamed his increasing woes on unnamed people, whom he said were opposed to his arrival at the club in February this year.”People, who have been against me, have taken advantage of my struggle with form to advance their ill agenda against me. They have tried all manner of things to bring me down, but I am a strong man,” he added.How Shikanda used his experience to smart out competitors in race for executive member for Nairobi RegionAsked about his poor form in the season, the former Marines man blamed it on a knee knock suffered while in action for the national team.Gitego, has scored a single goal in the season.”No one understands what I have been going through. I have been pushing hard in training and on match days despite being in pain. I have been carrying an injury since October, but the love of the club has been forcing me to persevere,” he explained.
