Gor Mahia blasts Kaizer Chiefs over tapping Walusimbi

Gor Mahia FC's Godfrey Walusimbi

Gor Mahia have blasted South African side Kaizer Chiefs over tapping their ‘prized’ player Godfrey Walusimbi.

The Ugandan left back reportedly flew to South Africa on Thursday without the Kenyan giants’ consent to negotiate his move with the Premier Soccer League outfit.

In a stern statement signed by Gor Mahia Chairman Ambrose Rachier, disowned the impending move of their contracted defender terming it ‘illegal’.

 “Let it be known that Walusimbi made it to South Africa to meet Kaizer Chiefs without the club’s permission or notifying the club on his travel intentions. It’s unfortunate that a player can just decide on his own to travel to engage another club without our knowledge,” Rachier was quoted on the club’s website.

Rachier claims that he came to know about the move after receiving a call from his Kaizer Chiefs counterpart asking him to sanction the deal.

Ambrose Rachier

“I got an alert from someone that he was traveling and the next thing was a call from Kaizer Chiefs chairman apologizing for that step and requesting if we could talk on a possible move,” said Rachier.

“I declined to discuss anything and told Chiefs chairman l will hold a meeting with my EC then we will know what step to take. What Walusimbi did was wrong. Kaizer Chiefs too did something wrong because that’s player tapping which is against stipulated rules yet the player has a running contract. There are clear and accepted procedures if they wanted the player,” he added.