{"id":16000,"date":"2020-07-21T01:24:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T01:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=16000"},"modified":"2020-07-22T02:22:28","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T02:22:28","slug":"gor-mahia-chasing-austin-odhiambo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-chasing-austin-odhiambo\/","title":{"rendered":"Update: Austin Odhiambo denies plans to leave AFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Midfielder Austin Odhiambo who was reported to be leaving AFC Leopards has now told goal.com that he is not leaving.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have had rumours going around that I have left AFC Leopards for Gor Mahia and I want to state here categorically that I have not done so,\u201d Odhiambo told the club\u2019s TV.&#8221;<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nOriginal Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/apudo-austin-odhiambo.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"264\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nelson Apudo in action against Austin Odhiambo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards are locked in a tussle over Austin Odhiambo<\/p>\n<p>Additional reporting from the Nation<\/p>\n<p>AFC Leopards talented midfielder Austin Odhiambo has confirmed that he is on his way to join Kenyan Premier League champions Gor Mahia.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old Odhiambo, who rose to the senior team from Ingwe\u2019s Under 20 youth team, confirmed that he has been in contact with K\u2019Ogalo management for a possible move before the 2020\/21 season kicks off.<\/p>\n<p>UNPAID SALARY<\/p>\n<p>The central versatile midfielder said that he is willing to move to K\u2019Ogalo and not see through his contract which Leopards team manager Tom Juma confirmed ends in three years\u2019 time. Odhiambo, though, insists it ends next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis young players were tied to long-term contracts and if Gor Mahia are interested in signing him then they will have to buy the contract. To move or to stay is his personal decision,\u201d said Juma, a former Harambee Stars player.<\/p>\n<p>Odhiambo cited unpaid salary, saying missing three months pay lawfully means he can move to another team.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAFC Leopards owe me a lot of money and unless they pay me my dues, I won\u2019t be playing for them next season. I\u2019m ready to end the contract and move to Gor Mahia because even the officials have been silent yet I have raised the issue of payment with them,\u201d the former Baba Dogo United striker told Nairobi News.<\/p>\n<p>NEGOTIATIONS<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have already began negotiations with Gor and I hope the logistics will end before the new season starts. Am only ready to play for Leopards if they settle all my dues and assure me I will be paid on time in future,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pressed on why move to Gor Mahia, yet K\u2019Ogalo, just like Ingwe, have had similar financial challenges since the exit of SportPesa, Odhiambo said with the sponsorship from various stakeholders coming on board, his future in K\u2019Ogalo colours is bright.<\/p>\n<p>The youngster has been praised for his partnership in the central midfield role with lethal striker Vincent Oburu. The duo have been instrumental in ensuring Ingwe are sixth on the KPL log.<\/p>\n<p>He was also a perfect replacement for Whyvone Isuza who moved to money bags Wazito during the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>At Gor Mahia he will be a replacement for Kenneth Muguna who has already shown his desire to leave the club.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-chasing-austin-odhiambo\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midfielder Austin Odhiambo who was reported to be leaving AFC Leopards has now told goal.com that he is not leaving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[657,112],"class_list":["post-16000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-austin-odhiambo","tag-gor-mahia-transfers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16000"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16007,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16000\/revisions\/16007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}