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Innocent Kurira-Sports Reporter
STRIKERS Reason Sibanda, Njabulo “Tshiki” Ngwenya and Brighton “Maninja” Ncube are among players training with Highlanders with the hope of impressing coach Kelvin Kaindu.
Last season Bosso scored the least number of goals in the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League campaign in which they found the target 24 times in 34 matches for their worst strike rate in 33 years.
Against that background Kaindu is under pressure to plug holes and come up with a team to deliver.
Ngwenya was at relegated Triangle last season while Ncube saw little game time at Chicken Inn. Ngwenya has been training with Bosso since last week.
Bustling Ncube is a product of the Highlanders development teams and has also had a stint at Bantu Rovers before joining the Gamecocks.
His position at Chicken Inn remains unclear. The other striker, Sibanda was at Arenel last season where he scored eight goals to help the team gain promotion.
Other faces that have been spotted at the Highlanders training over the last week include central midfielders Mandla Gasela and former Bosso player Brian Jaravaza, who had a brilliant season at Arenel.
Gasela and Jaravaza are, however, yet to show face this week.
Central defender Brian Mlotshwa also continues to train with the Bulawayo giants.
Bosso, who were unbeaten in the opening 19 matches, had the fourth worst record in the last 17 games of the season with 18 points and were only better than Cranborne Bullets, Triangle and Bulawayo Chiefs in the second half.
On Monday, Highlanders announced that they had let go the midfield duo of Rahman Kutsanzira and Elshaamar Farasi while retaining defender Andrew Tandi, whose contract has been extended by a year.
Kutsanzira’s contract lapsed on December 31, 2023 while Farasi was on a one-year-loan agreement from Bulawayo City FC which will not be renewed.
Tandi also had his contract expiring on December 31, 2023 but appears to have won over the technical team which has opted to keep him.
“We are delighted to announce that Andrew Tandi has signed a one-year con-tract extension, keeping him at the club until December 2024,” the club announced.
Tandi saw little action last season as Peter Muduhwa and Mbongeni Ndlovu partnered in Bosso’s central defence.
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