Macharia, Andrew Juma ready for new challenge

Gor Mahia new winger John Macharia has promised to help the team to register even more successes during his stay.
Macharia signed a two-year deal with the Kenyan Premier League 18-time champions and is among the 13 new stars who have been signed before the 2020/21 season begins.
“Let me tell everyone associated with Gor Mahia that I have come to work and I believe we are going to do a good job. We are simply going to do our best to make the team even better,” Macharia told Gor Mahia TV.

“My main aim is to play football, ensure that whatever level Gor Mahia have reached, we will not go down and I hope we will pick up from that level and even go higher. That means one has to be very aggressive in everything he is doing.
“It is a great feeling because many players would want to play for Gor Mahia since it is one of the best teams in Kenya. It is actually the best side because it is holding the championship record.

“No one can hesitate to take a chance when presented to play for Gor Mahia because every player would want to prove themselves with a team like Gor Mahia.”
The former FC Kolkheti and FC Saburto-II of Georgia star also spoke about experiences and life challenges since he launched his footballing career.
“Playing in Europe helped me get vital experience because I have learnt a lot while I was there,” said Macharia, who alongside his teammates have already started the pre-season training.
“As I come to Gor Mahia, I do not feel any pressure at all and if I get the opportunity, I will surely play football because it has been one long journey.

“The fact that I came back home does not mean the local league is of a lower standard, no, in fact, it is one of the best in Africa. I want to play if I get the time and when a good offer comes then I will take it because I know I am going far.
“Life has been good and since my school days, I think I have been advancing every other day but challenges have also been increasing, honestly. These challenges have been in my general life and in my sporting career.”
The winger joined after Tanzanian Dickson Ambundo left the KPL club for Dodoma Jiji FC and is expected to offer more creativity in the final third.
 

Newly signed defender Andrew Juma knows that he has big shoes to fill but is determined to meet the expatations placed on him.

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The ex-Mathare United defender says he is ready for the new role at K’Ogalo when the new season kicks-off

Gor Mahia new signing Andrew Juma has revealed he will have to step up his game to make it at the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) champions.

Juma is among the 13 players, who have already been unveiled by K’Ogalo ahead of the upcoming 2020-21 campaign.

“In football new challenges are inevitable,” Juma, who was signed by Gor Mahia as a replacement for Joash Onyango wrote on his social media pages.
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“You just need to adapt; or else, you won’t fit in. And if you don’t fit in, then you will have to ship out.”

In a recent interview, Gor Mahia captain Kenneth Muguna praised the team’s new signings saying they are capable of helping the side reach the quarter-finals of the Caf Champions League in this campaign.

K’Ogalo will be representing Kenya for the fourth straight season in a row having been crowned the 2019-20 champions when Football Kenya Federation (FKF) moved to end the season prematurely owing to the coronavirus pandemic.

Muguna, who joined K’Ogalo from Western Stima, is confident the squad they have assembled is good enough to help them do well in the Caf competition.

“We have been training individually at home and sometimes when you have a pitch next to your home, you were allowed to go out and jog, the program was coordinated through a WhatsApp group by the coach,” Muguna told Gor Mahia TV.

“I was the one who was monitoring how the players were doing during individual training and you can see everybody took the program very seriously, so we just have to thank all the players for following the training sessions.
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“It feels great to resume training and this time at least we want to go past the quarter-finals [of the Caf Champions League], like we did in 2018 [in the Confederation Cup], so the squad is ready and the new players have bonded very well and are looking sharp, ready to kick the ball again.”

After losing five key players – Joash Onyango to Simba SC of Tanzania, David Mapigano to Azam FC, Dickson Ambundo to Dodoma Jiji, Omondi, and keeper Peter Odhiambo to Wazito FC – Gor Mahia have been actively involved in the current transfer window.