{"id":3419,"date":"2013-12-12T14:51:38","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T14:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=3419"},"modified":"2014-01-23T13:59:03","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T13:59:03","slug":"mosoti-mapunda-leave-for-simba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/mosoti-mapunda-leave-for-simba\/","title":{"rendered":"Mosoti, Mapunda, Leave for Simba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/mapunda-dive.jpg\" width=\"439\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<p>New Simba coach Zdravko Logarusic intent on re-uniting with some of his favourite players has signed Donald Mosoti and Ivo Mapunda.<\/p>\n<p>According to futaa.com, The two Mapunda (Ivo) and Mosoti (Donald) have completed their move to Simba with a two year contract each, Mtawala said in an interview after the GoTV CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup third playoff match pitting Tanzania and Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>Mapunda&#8217;s move was a no brainer because he is a top shelf goalkeeper who has been playing second fiddle at Gor Mahia for 2 years ever since he joined from Bandari where he had commanded a first team spot.And he has basically making no secret of the fact that he is interested in moving. It is fair to say that most people saw this coming.<\/p>\n<p>Mosoti&#8217;s move however is a big blow as he has been rock solid in the Gor Mahia backline for the past two years after joining from Nairobi City Stars and was one of the reasons why Gor Mahia conceded the fewest goals in the just concluded league.<\/p>\n<p>The moves also leave fans wondering why the club lets contracts of key players expire which leaves them open to free transfers. Had Gor Mahia signed contract extensions, they may have at least been able to receive a transfer fee from Simba.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia must now scramble to get a dependable central defender. At goalkeeper, the youthful Joel Bataro who has shown plenty of promise can step into Mapunda&#8217;s breach.<\/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\/mosoti-mapunda-leave-for-simba\/\"\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>New Simba coach Zdravko Logarusic intent on re-uniting with some of his favourite players has signed Donald Mosoti and Ivo<\/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":[],"class_list":["post-3419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419","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=3419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}