{"id":3550,"date":"2014-01-05T04:45:20","date_gmt":"2014-01-05T04:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=3550"},"modified":"2014-01-23T14:01:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T14:01:09","slug":"mapunda-explains-gor-mahia-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/mapunda-explains-gor-mahia-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapunda explains Gor Mahia exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gormahia.net\/images\/mapunda-dive.jpg\" width=\"455\" height=\"255\" \/><\/p>\n<p>courtesy of supersport.com<\/p>\n<p>Former Gor Mahia goalkeeper Ivo Mapunda, currently with Tanzanian side Simba SC, has come out to explain his departure from the Kenyan Premier League champions.<\/p>\n<p>According to the player, he wanted to renew his deal with the club, but could not get audience with the club\u2019s senior heads to work out on the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany publications have written that I turned down Gor Mahia\u2019s money, but truth be told, the club\u2019s officials did not make it easy for me to renew my deal after it expired in December,\u201d said Mapunda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the time of my departure there were too many internal wrangles at the club and this made it difficult for me to stay there since I did not know who would pay me was I to get a new deal. The elections were around the corner and each official was focused on his own campaigns. Getting any of them to listen to me proved difficult. It was, therefore, a blessing when Simba came knocking and I am glad they gave me a good offer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mapunda, well-known for his prowess in taming penalties, was one of the instrumental players in Gor\u2019s winning of the league title.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia have yet to recruit a replacement for Mapunda.<\/p>\n<h3>Clubs can now field 5 foreigners<\/h3>\n<div>\n<p>Gor Mahia Funs line on being frisk into Nyayo Stadium entrance during League match. Kenya Premier League clubs will now be allowed to field five foreign players in any match during the 2014 league campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, local clubs were only allowed to register five players but field three in any given competitive match. &#8220;We have ratified the rule and now clubs can sign five foreign players and field similar number in a single match,&#8221; KPL&#8217;s CEO Jack Oguda said yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>This move comes two months after country&#8217;s top sides Gor Mahia and AFC Leopards&#8217; wrote to Football Kenya Federation requesting for a change in the rules regarding signing of foreign players.<\/p>\n<p>The two clubs in a joint letter demanded that the quota of foreign players be increased to at least eight from current three. Both sides will represent the country in continental football next season and wanted to be given a chance to bolster their squads while at the same time felt the rule inhibited their ability to sign top players.<\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia, the Kenyan Premier League champions, will represent the country in African Champions League with Leopards&#8217; taking part in Confederations Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The current rule restricting us to signing only three foreign players needs to be changed because at continental level, we are going to compete with teams that probably field all foreign players putting us at a disadvantage. 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