{"id":10250,"date":"2017-12-09T22:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T22:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=10250"},"modified":"2017-12-09T22:00:50","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T22:00:50","slug":"muguna-said-to-be-joining-tirana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/muguna-said-to-be-joining-tirana\/","title":{"rendered":"Muguna said to be joining Tirana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/muguna-zoo-17.jpg\" width=\"504\" height=\"364\" \/><br \/>\nGor Mahia midfielder is set to join Ze Maria at Albanian side KF Tirana<br \/>\nStory courtesy of the Nation<br \/>\nThe 2016 SportPesa Premier League (SPL) Most Valuable Player Kenneth Muguna is set to join Albanian giants KF Tirana.<\/p>\n<p>Nation Sport understands that Tirana has reached an agreement with SPL champions Gor Mahia to release the player for a record transfer fee and a percentage on his future sell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is highly unlikely to be part of the team next year. His deal to Tirana is at an advanced stage, in about a week\u2019s time it will be through,\u201d said an official from Gor who sought anonymity.<\/p>\n<p>Tirana Chief Executive Officer Hector Como has been in the country the past two weeks in an attempt to finalise the move which will see the player sign a four-year contract.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe actually wanted to sign him in August so that we can start the season with him but it didn\u2019t go through. I am quite confident we will have him next month and his work is cut out to immediately fit into the team ahead of the second leg,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am hopeful that he can bring creativity in our midfield under his former coach Ze Maria. Our target is to play in the top-flight next season and also retain the FA Cup so that we can play in Europa league,\u201d said Como.<\/p>\n<p>Muguna boasts of a two-year experience in the SPL, where he has fast carved a reputation as a classy attacking midfielder, with wonderful ball skills.<\/p>\n<p>His three goals and nine assists aided the club to their unprecedented 16th silverware.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe I served the team diligently most importantly reclaiming the title. Any player would not want to turn down a new challenge in Europe. Hopefully it will be 100 percent completed soon,\u201d Muguna, who is capped twice for Kenya, said.<\/p>\n<p>The former Palos midfielder will become the sixth star to leave the club after a season following in the footsteps of Erick \u2018Marcelo\u2019 Ouma (2016), Michael Olunga (2015), David \u2018Calabar\u2019 Owino (2014), and Geoffrey \u2018Baba\u2019 Kizito (2013) among others.<\/p>\n<p>Tirana already has Ugandan duo of midfielder Tony Mawejje and striker Yunus Sentamu at the club handled by former Gor coach Jose Marcelo Ferreira.<\/p>\n<p>They top the country\u2019s second tier standings with 22 points from nine games. 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