Online Reporter
Petros Kausiyo
Zimpapers Sports Hub
KALISTO Pasuwa is still to ink a deal to become the substantive Malawi national team coach.
The Football Association of Malawi, who announced the deal recently, are now making frantic efforts to tie to an agreement.
Pasuwa is understood to be still on the radar of a number of clubs in Sudan, Kenya and Tanzania.
He was named interim Flames coach before the FAM resolved to make him permanent coach following his departure from Nyasa Big Bullets.
But it has emerged that while talks have opened, both FAM and the coach are yet to seal any deal, although association president Fleetwood Haiya and his executive committee have reportedly made up their minds on getting the ex-Dynamos coach.
The lead negotiator in Pasuwa’s management team, Dee Shorai Muchineripi told Zimpapers Sports Hub, yesterday that they are still hopeful of signing an agreement with FAM this week.
Muchineripi dismissed some social media claims that Pasuwa has signed for just a year as Flames coach.
“Negotiations are in progress and we hope that during this week an agreement would have been struck.
“As it stands Kalisto remains an interim coach while the FAM executive is in talks with us for a substantive basis (deal).
“Once the niggling items are cleared with the FA president (Haiya) and his executive committee then we will sign.
“We will then let the people of Malawi and the football fraternity at large know but I am sure the finalisation will be done this week.
“I am waiting for their draft but I have done most of the things.
‘It’s true that we are still getting a number of clubs checking on his availability, Zimbabwean cubs, those in Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania and even in the Malawi Super League,’’ Muchineripi said
Mathew Masinge