Gor Mahia have pipped Bandari to the signing of AFC Leopards midfielder Austin Odhiambo who becomes the latest Ingwe player to ditch the club and cross over to sworn enemies K’Ogalo.The Dockers looked poised to land the services of Austin as he was spotted in Mombasa in the company of a number of Bandari players with reports claiming that a deal between the two parties was imminent.Austin has long been linked with Gor Mahia since the start of the 2020-2021 Football Kenya Federation Premier League as he was involved in a transfer saga before the season kicked off.Two brothers Two Clubs3 assists on Sunday 6 assists for the season#KPLNumbers pic.twitter.com/PKIzsVNzMx— Wandering_Nilote (@Fabian_Odhiambo) January 12, 2020 The midfielder was on record stating his intentions of joining Gor Mahia and after backlash from Ingwe fans, he later rescinded his statements and pledged his future to the 12-time league champions.A Gor Mahia official confirmed that the two-year deal was been signed by Austin but could not divulge further the details of the deal promising to issue further information later.A source close to the player also revealed Bandari failed to meet the requests of the player. K’Ogalo jumped at the opportunity and an agreement was reached very fast.”Austine was ready to join Bandari. He trained with the team for over a week but the team just couldn’t meet his requests before putting pen to paper. Gor Mahia on the other hand have always been interested in the player and they got to an agreement very fast. He is happy and looking forward to kicking off his Gor Mahia journey.” the source told Mozzart Sport.He become the second AFC Leopards player just this transfer window to join Gor Mahia after Yusuf Mainge crossed the enemy lines.Gor Mahia have already brought in Dennis Ng’ang’a and Boniface Omondi from Wazito, Kariobangi Sharks trio of Peter Oudu, Joshua Onyango and Peter Lwasa, Adama Keita from Mali and Sando Yangayay.The record Kenyan champions have started their league campaign with a morale-boosting 2-1 win over KCB and will shift their focus to the CAF Confederation Cup where they face Al Ahly Merowe from Sudan. ##EDITORS_CHOICE##
