AFC Leopards winger Jaffari Owiti has pledged to reciprocate the kind treatment afforded by the club when he was injured by giving his best on the pitch in the new season.Owiti can afford a smile after shaking off a career threatening injury that saw him miss action for the whole of the past campaign given that he had to undergo surgery in order to repair the damaged knee ligaments.The attacking midfielder suffered a knee injury in June last year while in action against Tusker in a domestic Cup game held at the Ruaraka grounds.##NAJAVA_MECA_6706229##Having resumed full training and even went on to play test matches following a clearance from the medical department, Owiti who conceded to be hungry for competitive football said he was indebted to the club for walking with him through the dark period.He said, the best way to appreciate the medical care and any other form of support from the extensive Ingwe family was by scoring and creating as many goals as possible in the new season projected to kick off late in the month.”I can not thank the Leopards family enough for the support they afforded me for the time I was injured. It was tough for me but their kindness coupled with the support from my family made it easy for me. The best way to pay back is doing everything possible to win at least a title in the new season, preferably the league,” he said.Ouna stirs hornet’s nest with claims Rwandan players work harder than KenyansThe player who joined Leopards in 2017 from the defunct Chemelil Sugar in the meantime believes that the club will end the five-year drought for a major title.Leopards last won a title five years ago when they beat Kariobangi Sharks at the Kasarani Stadium to lift the domestic Cup. The club last won the league gong in 1998.” We have the capacity to do it if the quality in the technical bench and the playing unit is anything to go by. It has been years since Leopards played at the continental level and it is time we go back to that level, “he added.
