After featuring sparingly last season, Gor Mahia midfielder John Macharia has lifted the lid on his frosty relations with former head coach Johnathan McKinstry.The former FC Talanta midfielder was handed limited game time by the head coach who has since left K’Ogalo following his appointment to lead The Gambian national team.Playing primarily in the number 10 position, Macharia faced stiff competition from Austin Odhiambo who was arguably Gor Mahia’s Player of the Season last campaign.EXCLUSIVE Sichenje is officially red and white, Ajax first major testMacharia could however be deployed on the flanks which was mostly occupied by Shariff Musa, Patrick Sibomana or Bryson Wangai.The 25-year-old revealed that a combination of an ankle injury and sour relations with the coach led to him not featuring as regularly as he would have hoped.“At some point I wasn’t feeling well on my ankle and by the time I got back to the field getting back my rhythm was not that easy. ##NAJAVA_MECA_8204117##”From my point of view with all due respect, I could have been having issues with the coach which I don’t know because he did not say anything about it,” said Macharia in an interview with Turf Talk.Macharia whose contract is set to expire in a few weeks has been linked with a move out of Gor Mahia and it remains to be seen whether new head coach Leonardo Neiva will hand him a life line.The midfielder who has enjoyed two separate stint in Georgia, added that his teammates were also puzzled as to why he failed to make the match day squad.Kenyan international linked with a multi-billion move to Italian giants“You train well and give your best everyday, always giving 100% but then the day before the match you are not in the squad without any explanation.“This is something that disturbs us as players because even some of my teammates are telling you ‘you should have been starting’ its frustrating but I try to take it positively,” added Macharia.The fleet footed player was conspicuously missing from the Gor Mahia squad that travelled to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for the CECAFA Kagame Cup.
