Harambee Stars defender Johnstone Omurwa is excited ahead of the 2023-2024 season as he is set to make his Portuguese top-tier bow with his club Estrela da Amadora.After featuring for Amadora in the second tier last year, the club earned a promotion to the top league through the playoffs and will brush shoulders with the best in the Portuguese league from the 13th of August when the league commences.##NAJAVA_MECA_7383444##It has been a long journey for Omurwa, whose breakthrough came as a trialist at Wazito FC before he went to Mathare United, returned to Wazito, and went for a number of unsuccessful trials abroad before he finally landed at Amadora.Ahead of the new season, Omurwa is looking forward to what he terms an exciting challenge, and he wants to put his best foot forward when the league commences.”I am excited; this is a whole new challenge for me, and I am ready for it,” he said. “Playing at the top level is what I have always dreamt of, and managing to do it in a Portuguese league that has produced great players like Cristiano Ronaldo is a great honour and I can’t wait to get started,” the former Wazito FC captain added.On his adaptation in Portugal, the player said that he is doing better now, with things that initially troubled him now behind him.”I have adapted well now. The weather, the food, and the culture are no longer a problem for me, and I am now solely focused on doing well on the pitch for the club. The first few months at the club were problematic, but they helped me settle in easily, and I am grateful to them.”.On the goal for the new season, the player says the objective is to remain in the top tier and adds that securing continental football will also be a big bonus.”We are new in the league, and of course, the first goal is to ensure that we remain in the top tier beyond this coming season. As a player, my dream is to play against the very best players in the world, and if we can secure European football next season, that will be a bonus,” the player who has captained the national team Harambee Stars once added.Tusker FC’s New Creator: How Joseph Mwangi will influence the team’s attackAmadora being their season with a home match against Vitoria Guimaraes.
