Kenyan champions Tusker and last season’s runner up Kakamega Homeboyz are battling to acquire promising Nzoia Sugar forward Levis Barasa Okello.The man mountain striker has proven himself a hotcake despite the transfer window not open for clubs as the two clubs have contacted him with the intention of luring him away from Bungoma.Hii unveiling ilifanya nchi ikafikiri Levis Barasa Okello is some mediocre player.Most teams don’t know him and don’t plan how to handle him. He’s arguably the best header of the ball in this league.Got a hattrick against Sharks and another three against FC Talanta.#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/peAbXiaUjM— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) February 6, 2022 Okello was the best scorer for Nzoia in the concluded season as he kissed the back of the net nine times, a feat that caught the eye of Tusker head coach Robert Matano and Homeboyz bosses.It is understood that Homeboyz chairman Cleophas Shimanyula met the former Vihiga Bullets forward last weekend during the Elijah Lidonde Cup with an eye of securing his sitgnature.##NAJAVA_MECA_6501740##The former Vihiga Bullets attacker revealed that the two clubs were hot on his heels from the time the league campaign came to an end.”There are interests from Tusker and Homeboyz but I haven’t made up my mind yet. I have two years remaining in my contract with Nzoia and I will leave if they will sanction the move. The Nzoia door is one which I will close gently owing to the platform they have given me and how they have treated me, “he said.Barasa delighted with ‘special’ goal against Gor MahiaThe interest on the player who pulled out of a brief break to join the club late last year comes at a time when the sugar millers are hoping to hold on their priced assets.The club is staring at the possibility of losing Kenyan international Kevin Juma, playmaker Joseph Mwangi, winger James Kibande, Boniface Munyendo among others who all are under the radar of deep pocketed teams.
