Troubled Gor Mahia defender Rooney Onyango is in Norway for trials with Norwegian second tier side Sogndal Football.Sogndal is a club found in Vestland founded in 1926, and plays its home matches at the 5600 capacity Fosshaugane Campus.##NAJAVA_MECA_8749340##The Kenyan international started for the club in a match against third tier side Hodd on Wednesday 26 February 2025.In a post by the club in its official X (formerly Twitter), Sogndal announced that Rooney is in trials with them, even as they named him in the starting eleven.“Here is the lineup for today’s match against Hødd! Luis Pimenta gives the young guys the opportunity against OBOS opposition! Trial player Ronney Onyango starts,” read a post by the club.Her er laget som startar i dagens kamp mot Hødd! Luis Pimenta gir unggutta moglegheita mot OBOS-motstand!⭐️ Emil Hillestad startar sin fyrste kamp for A-laget⚽️ Viljar Stavø på topp🇰🇪 Prøvespelar Ronney Onyango frå start STAO NO PAO! pic.twitter.com/GdX35n3IVD— Sogndal Fotball (@sogndalfotball) February 26, 2025 Rooney has been the subject of transfer throughout the season with several attempted moves collapsing in the last minutes, some of them putting the former Wazito defender at loggerheads with the club.The 23-year-old was last month in the middle of an active feud between Gor Mahia and Tanzanian top tier side Singida FC.The Tanzanian club reportedly sent USD 40,000 (approximately ksh 5,120,000) to Gor Mahia as a transfer fee for the Kenyan right-back after the two sides had agreed for the transfer, but the player rejected the move, forcing Singida to seek a refund from Gor Mahia.Tanzanian club threatens to report Gor Mahia to FIFAIn August 2024, Rooney was among three other players in the mix of an alleged Visa application forgery that led to their passports being confiscated by the Italian Embassy.The matter would later be resolved after the Football Kenya Federation (FKF) intervened and ironed out the matter with the embassy FKF issue statement on Gor Mahia’s Rooney Onyango passport sagaEarlier in the season, The Harambee Stars defender was part of the players suspended by the club for featuring for non-league outfit A Mosquito FC.Rooney has been a key figure at both Gor Mahia and Harambee Stars having made his national team debut in October 2023 in a friendly against Russia.Early relegation permutations: A look at 8 clubs fighting to beat the drop
