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Silver’s Kaonga Portugal-bound

Former Silver Strikers hitman Chawanangwa Kaonga is set to play in Portugal in the coming season following an agreement between Chibuto FC and an unnamed Portuguese club.

Silver chairperson Macdonald Mafuta-Mwale told The Nation that Chawanangwa will be joining the Portuguese side in June this year.

kaonga_closeup“Chibuto has a sister club in Portugal which wants Chawanangwa’s services. The Portuguese club and Chibuto FC are sponsored by the same company. When officials of the Portuguese club watched a footage of Chawanangwa, they immediately expressed interest to sign him and I can assure you that come June, Chawanagwa will be in Portugal,” said Mafuta-Mwale.

He said it is good news not only for the player, but Malawi as a country as well.

“Portugal is a big step for him [Chawanangwa] and will offer him a platform to develop. We are happy for him,” he said.

According to the transfer deal, Silver will receive $15 000 (K7.2 million) this week from Chibuto as well as a cut when the player moves to the Portuguese club.

“The arrangement is that we have a stake in the player even if he is sold to other teams in Europe. It is a good deal and both parties are happy,” said Silver treasurer, Fred Kalonga.

Kaonga will be the second player from Silver to play in Portugal after Jimmy Ukonde, who went there and consequently changed his nationality.

Prior to his signing for Chibuto, Kaonga was wanted by Big Bullets, but the deal failed after their K3 million offer was seen as way below Silver’s value of K10 million.

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