DO IT FOR YOUR LATE DAD, TUTS TELLS TINO

Bruce Chikuni

TRIANGLE United coach, Arthur ‘Tuts’ Tutani, has downplayed suggestions that Tino Kadewere might give up on his Warriors dream after he was trolled on social media.

Tutani said Kadewere knows if his late father, Onias, was alive, he would not have accepted any national team retirement plan.

Onias was a guru in championing the growth of junior leagues in the capital, particularly in Highfield, where he owned the Highfield Academy.

Tino is a graduate of his father’s academy.

“If Tino has decided to end his time as a Warrior, his father will be disappointed wherever he is today,” said Tutani.

“His father walked a tough road for Highfield Academy to be a dominant force before he died and had it not been that project, maybe, Tino wouldn’t have made it in Europe.

“Considering everything his father went through, this is not the way to express gratitude.

“Tino knows his father would not have accepted this from him and I’m also let down because everyone from Highfield looks up to him, it’s something which he knows.”

He added:

“Those who know football know strikers can experience a lengthy drought.

“Tino is gifted with many technical aspects of the game and that’s why he is the first Zimbabwean to play in the Spanish La Liga.

“He just needs to process the pain and let it go, he is too young to consider retiring, he still has more years to play for the Warriors.”

Former Dynamos and CAPS United forward, Clive Kawinga, told Zimpapers Sport that Kadewere should take a leaf from Bafana Bafana’s Lyle Foster who also battled the odds during a similar situation.

“The best players don’t quit, they soldier on during rough times.

“He doesn’t need anyone to motivate him to keep going because someone of his age, Foster, managed to ignore the noise and he should follow suit.

“I will be extremely disappointed if he chooses to retire at 28 and the feeling will be unbearable to everyone who believes in his capacity,” said Kawinga.