Masika off to AFC Leopards
Courtesy of michezoafrika.com
After a week of speculation, Gor Mahia defender Eric Masika has confirmed that he will be moving to AFC Leopards as soon as Monday after paper works has been completed.
In an exclusive interview with michezoafrika.com, Masika thanked Gor Mahia fans and his teammates and appreciated his time at Gor Mahia.
“I take this opportunity to thank Gor Mahia fans and my teammates for the great contribution they have had on my career. Without them,I would not be where I am.I will always hold them dear to my heart. Football is a profession and sometimes you have to move. I know next season I will feature against Gor Mahia. I promise to give the club and the fans the respect they deserve. I hope to have a great time at my new club-AFC Leopards”
When reached for comments, Gor Mahia Secretary general George Bwana confirmed that AFC had put an official offer and the two sides held talks the whole of Sunday but there was no formal conclusion yet.
“It is true, AFC leopards expressed their interest in one of our key players Eric Masika. We had talks for the better part of Sunday but we not reached a formal agreement’ Said Bwana.
Eric Masika was voted the second best defender in the 2011 Kenyan Premier League after Pascal Ochieng.
We should’nt be losing such a key player to direct challengers for the title!!! What is it that AFC have put on the table that Gor cannot match? This is definitley bad news. Why haven’t we signed Pascal Ochieng atleast in the short run (am not sure of his age)?
karibu nyumbani masika,karibu.
Why are we committing the same mistakes every now and again? This is what costed us when we released BlackBerry and Ngwa at once…mistake of the century…and now, here we are again…Oh God help us!
There is no problem in releasing Masika. He fought for Kogalo gallantly when he was called upon. If his heart is elsewhere all we can do is wish him luck and thank him for the time and effort he put in for us.
Asante sana Masika, gud luck and watch out for Kogalo next season.
It’s all about money…AFC is paying well so Masika must have been given a good offer….so sad that the “Tuzo sponsorship” did not improve players’ welfare materially….How sad! Wish Masika all the best.
I think personally, and by extention, the whole of Ingwe republic wish to thank GOR a million times for sharpening Masika’s game. Withuot the team, he would not be where he is tactically.At the end of the day, it is competition between the two leading clubs that meakes the KENYAN SOCCER interesting. Thanks Gor.
Kogalo will trully miss his services but we will get another Masika if not tomorrow next week or before next season starts
long live Kogalo
Masika was not going to be in Gor forever, so he has to move and dats what he has done, wish him well in stripe uniform
creative village,i agree with you 100%.We are living in a democracy.If ppo,felt that going to afc leopards would serve him well,good for him.He served us well and whatever it is that lured him to efussi money or otherwise,that was his personal decision.lets’ wish ppo the best,perhaps they can make him ‘commissioner’.
The best we can do,is to move with speed and sign a replacement asap.If the will and cash is there ,we can even pull a fast one on chingwe and go for jonas(paco).
Otherwise mudde would be a an ideal replacement,though naturally a holding midfielder,he can also play very wel at centre back.With money we can get anyone pascal,mandela,mwesigwa anybody.
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Fellow bloggers…there is a problem in Gor as we are speaking…the current players feel isolated. I’ve been informed that key to Masika leaving is the fact that some new players e.g Rama have been signed and they are being paid alot of cash compared to existing players hence fueling dissatisfaction in the team. The management is busy paying new players higher salaries…forgetting the likes of Masika who are earning pesa kidogo sana. Now i think Gor shold stick to exploring new talent at grass root level and narturing the same to achive success. Masika has gone no matter what we try to do….with a down payment of Ksh 300K paid to him by AFC….pole kwetu..ameenda.
. . . .Masika had asked for salary increment prior to his departure but the office told him to wait a lil’ bit, in the process Ingwe came with a deal that the dude couldn’t resist! Times are hard and now being given 100k per month, Barasa 120k, it was natural that the boy was on his way out! . . .In other news, salary disparity in the team is gonna kill the morale, but we have recalled Lloyd Wahome and Owino of Karuturi has been training with us, we hope for the signing of more players.
… . 3rdly, we need to know the loyalty of some players in Gor Mahia namely: Nasio, M.Otieno(30), Dube and Wekesa. . . .
What a loss!
Pundit you got it spot on. You cant work your heart out (aka PPO) for a meagre 25k per month while players in mediocre teams earn double or triple for lesser effort.
It doesnt make it any better when new players join Kogalo and get obscene salaries while those who have fought for and built the team suffer neglect. For that reason- Lavatsa, Gatuso, Lucky Dube are also on their wait out.
POROJO TULISEMA TUACHE. AMA?
Ninasikitika kwamba ndugu yetu Masika mwishowe amefunganya virago kuelekea klabu hasimu tangu jadi, AFC Leopards.
Bila Shaka hii ni pigo kubwa kwetu Kama K’ogalo ikozingatiwa mchango wake katika kiungo cha ulinzi msimu uliopita. Katika sherehe ya SOYA iliomalizika wiki Jana, mchezaji huyu alitajua wa pili bora kwenye kiungo cha ulinzi.
Tutakosa yeye pakubwa. Tunakutakia kila la heri kule.
Tunajivunia kwa muda Na mchango wako.
Pundit and others..i wonder why Guys are surprised, its right and fair to wish PPO the best of luck in their next work stations-:
1. We ll saw the mind set at the elections the current GM is not about structures but individuals. we are that limited.
2. Why must players be loyal to us when there is alot of uncertainty? That is if every dawning day a new player is signed (the so called stars) is at high salary and here you are just a loyal conquest on contract.
3.Patriotism or loyalty is not edible..people eat food live in houses and drive cars..the EC must address the salary discrepancy!
4. I stand to be quoted..GM has always nurtured young players and these stars we are signing will forever remain a fundamental cause of ripples in our team..this is already evident and it came to the fore as soon as ZD signed questionable ‘stars’ last year.TO ME THE SIGNINGS ARE UNNECESSARY AND DESTRUCTIVE WE WILL HAVE TO BEGIN A FRESH AT SOME POINT! YOU WILL SEE.
5.GM already had a good team by the beginning of last season and to me there was and is no need of signing new players..if anything Kagunzi is a top goalie what are all these relegated guys coming to improve in our GM..you will see! Its all confusion.
6. Kwani what if we fall in the first leg of CAF..to me we should build a team for all time competition not panic buying just because of a continental call.
Fellow bloggers…call this porojo or whatever; here are facts…1) Masika has been given a 300K by AFC to move..2) His salary has been set at 50K at AFC yet he was earning 25K in Gor!!!!..in the same shoes i would have moved…3) the players are dissatisfied and 3 more players will be heading to Tusker/AFC/Ulinzi!!..then we start afresh….taabu kubwa hii!…it’s a case of 1 step forward and 2 backwards for my team Kogalo….HOW SAD!
Kogallo fans will never cease to complain. Sometime it is always nice to leave some stuff to the right people. Towards the end of the just concluded season, almost everyone on this blog was crying for Rama. Now the dude is in the bag, we now hear that we dont need such stars. What exactly do we want? Some of us are still seeing problems in GM yet I thought this ended with firing ZD and holding elections. PPO, I wish you all the best. You will remain my favourite central defender even as you move to Igwe. Football is about money, nothing else. The highest bidder carries the day. All the best bro. For God and my club Kogallo.
pooo yawa after we lost to them even masika is gone .something is wrong with us new office plse can u do good than wasting time ,we accept this but how and what is this office after pay current wages to players when would we stop this madness of kila saa twende home to bring young players then we sell them so easy like that.?pay them like other teams is this tuzo deal still with us or not xmasss bogus kama hii buree tu sana. ole ole,kosero,arrum,pundit,pod antie na wote like minded guys hv agoodxmas lakini let new office know sell and buy agood player and home boys should get good money but some of players wa down
am lost for words,our gate collection is always the highest week in week out,yet we pay our best players meagre salaries,what do we expect?
new office please look into players salary,what is it that ingwe does that mighty k’ogallo can’t do? ama ni jina kubwa tu yet it’s an empty shell.
please it’s sad ,very sad to loose such players,just look at man city or chelsea,they pay their best players well just to keep them off from other teams,but sisi ni porojo tuu.
guys let’s wake up before it’s too late.
We wish Masika well,he was a star and will remain one.Football is a give and take game and any one would have done the same.Lets find a way of keeping our players intact by taking care of their welfare.Its sad to recognise a new play at the cost of the existing one.Lets not politicise the issue even though AFC Mashemeji are our arch rival.Cudos Kogaloo n Masika Gooooooooo.we still support you.
evryone knows therefore evryone’s ideas have to be accomodated.too many cooks.Masika may have moved for other hidden reasons than money.Blood is thicker.We wish him well and K’ogallo will not panic but forever move on.
Mashemeji wanacheka ati Kogalo body ni Mercedes lakini engine ya tuk tuk.
I am tempted to agree considering the deplorable players welfare and empty coffers (record gate collections and 38m sponsorship notwithstanding).
If Kogalo did not raise the salary of their most important player and he now wants to leave then they have only themselves to blame. Masika deserved a salary raise after last years performance. You cant have people like Selenga and Odera making twice as much money while they warm the bench.
PPO,I wish you well.you were our pillar I wish the best hence thanks for your support u gave the team and the entire Green Army.As to BLOGGERS BRANCH,We shall communicate to you shortly to see how best we can improve the branch hence the team.for those who are intrested in joining the branch,may contact ARUMTIDDI on 0714078495 for more information you are adviced also to give your personal email to ARRUMTIDDI for easy comunication.WISHING ALL MERRY XMASS EN HAPPY NEW YEAR.We intracted very well this season we keep the same tempo next season.
Either there’s something wrong with the Accounting of funds into Kogalo or the Management are just refusing to pay players, but why? where do they take the money they collect? Simple calculations:
One Home Game for Gor at Nyayo in a month guarantees atleast net of Kes 1.5M in collections.
Say a squad of 30 players earning an average of Kes 40k per month. That equals Kes 1.2M per month for salaries of all players. Now we know they are paying much lower than that average.
Supersport Sponsorship used to guarantee Kes 2.5M per month for Nairobi teams before they doubled overall sponsorship to the league late last year (so this year should be atleast Kes 5M per month to NRB Clubs). Anyway, working with 2.5, Gor now has an average of Kes 4M per month.
From the 2nd half of last season we got a Kes38M 2yr sponsorship from Tuzo (much publicised), that’s Kes 19M per season, that’s Kes 1.5M per month. That takes us to Kes 5.5M per month.
Bloggers, you know i’ve taken the lowest of those figures, esp gate collections. Tell me, why are we not able to pay players (esp key players) a minimum of Kes 100k per month!! How can the best supported club lose players because of salaries when nowadays fans pay to enter the stadium? I can’t remember seeing accounts published anywhere! And why wait until players threaten to leave before we can raise salaries? Could the previous officials have been paying themselves instead of players? Can they new office review players salaries before we experience an exodus?!!?
awuoro ndi……is this why these guys ran for office?…..what a shame! A team that does wonders like Barca is a team that has stayed for long as a unit…..wachako mila chon naona tutaumia!
Very very sad if masika was only paid 25k! Him n gattuso 100k plus, lavatsa, makori, jerry,nasio, anguyo n wekesa 70k plus. Thats how we gonna kip our best players!
WE CALLED FOR STRUCTURES BUT WE GOT EGOISTIC INDIVIDUALS AT THE HELM.EVEN ROONEY THREATENED TO QUIT UNITED AS HE POINTED OUT TO YAYA TOURES WAGES AND UTD KNOWING HIS TRUE VALUE RAISED HIS WAGES.RAMA SALIM CONFESSED THAT THE CHAIR TALKED TO HIM PERSONALLY TO JOIN GM BUT OLE MAGELO HAS PULLED A FAST ONE BY DOUBLING MASIKAS SALARY AND GIVING HIM HARD CASH-MORE THAN 10 MONTHS SALARY TO JOIN OGWANG.HOW CAN A CLUB WHICH CALL ITSELF MAYIENGA DEMAND A PALTRY 1 MILLION SHILLINGS FOR ITS MOST VALUED PLAYER? THIS IF CONVERTED TO DOLLARS IS A PALTRY 12000 USD AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE U R SELLING TO YOUR SWORN RIVAL.I REALLY PITY AWONO AS WE DONT KNOW HIS SIDE ON THIS VERY SAD,PATHETIC EPISODE.CAN WE CALL OURSELVES AMBITIOUS AFTER THIS ACT OF SHAMELESS & MYOPIC GREED?
players were not bought by clubs to play forever…every thing has a start date and an end date. please STOP mourning about masika , masika , masika, masika , masika , masika…kitu gani ? THE CLUB IS FAR MUCH BIGGER THAN THE PLAYER
I also agree with all the fans and supporters of K’ogalo on Masika’s exit bt th@ is a lesson learned the hardest way by the new officials.
Unless this mistake is addressed, we are just going to lose the other remaining star players.