Harambee Stars forward Jonah Ayunga has signed a new deal with his Scottish Premiership club St. Mirren that will extend his stay for at least for one more season.Ayunga, who joined the Scottish top tier side in July 2022, was on the sunset days of his three-year contract, and on the verge of becoming a free agent.He was in recent months a subject of transfer speculation and heavily linked to a move to India.Follow our WhatsApp channel for more newsThrough his Instagram account, the Harambee Stars forward all but confirmed an extension, through a message that was accompanied with a photo in the team’s track.“Happy to be on board next season,” read the Monday 14 April post.St Mirren Football Club is delighted to confirm that Jonah Ayunga has agreed a new one-year deal with Saints that will keep him with the club until summer 2026.— St Mirren FC (@saintmirrenfc) April 14, 2025 The contract extension came on the day that the 27-year-old was named in the Scottish Premiership team of the week after an exemplary performance in the team’s weekend match against Ross County.The former Brighton and Hove Albion striker provided an assist to Caolan Boyd-Bunce to score the first goal for The Saints, before registering his name on the score sheet with a second goal as St. Mirren emerged 3-2 victors in the match played on Saturday.With the contract extension, the Kenyan International’s links to Indian Super League side Mohammedan SC have now ended.Harambee Stars striker linked with shock move to Indian clubAyunga was heavily linked to the Indian club in the January transfer window, but the deal did not materialize, as confirmed by his coach Stephen Robinson as quoted by the Daily Record.“There were some opportunities for Jonah in January abroad which potentially could have been life-changing financially, so we would not stand in somebody’s way in that situation,” said Robinson.##NAJAVA_MECA_8859827##Robinson, who has a working relationship with Ayunga, having also coached him at Morecambe, went ahead to hint the possibility of Ayunga staying longer at St. Mirren Park.“Now he’s fully focused again and starting to get back to full fitness, training regularly. He’s playing for Kenya as well, in big stadiums with 60,000 people.He is looking the part now. If you look around and look at the league, he’s a very, very good striker at this level. It’s important that we try and do our business early, and then freshen up the wider areas in the summer because bringing two wide players in gives us more alternatives than we have at the moment,” said Robinson.Ambrose Rachier revisits plans to construct Gor Mahia’s stadium after re-election
