Kenyan international Joseph Okumu has been handed vice-captaincy roles at KAA Gent despite being heavily linked with a move away from the club.Okumu was captured alongside the team captain Sven Kums and the other assistants Julien De Sart, Hugo Cuypers, and Tarik Tissoudali in a post captioned “The boss and his vice-captains 👊©️”.##NAJAVA_MECA_7370751##French Ligue 1 side Stade de Reims are the front runners seeking for the services of the former Chemelil Sugar defender, with Hector Osanya, one of the player’s representatives, confirming to Mozzart Sport earlier this week that a move is imminent this time around.”The interest from Reims has been there for a while and the offer this time is solid. He will move soon,” Osanya said.Gent are currently in pre-season in the Netherlands as they step up preparations for the upcoming campaign.Mwalala officially unveiled as new KCB managerOkumu featured for 60 minutes on Wednesday as they beat Dutch side Utrecht 2-0 to bounce back from a 2-1 defeat to NK Lokomotiva Zagreb last weekend.On Thursday, the club announced the capture of Moroccan defender Ismaël Kandouss from another Belgian outfit Union Saint-Gilloise.The arrival of the 25-year-old central defender at Gent seems to clear a hurdle for Okumu’s move to France, with Gent focused on bringing ion a replacement before letting him leave.
