Times Of Swaziland: MB. SWALLOWS SEND  NGWERUME PACKING

MB. SWALLOWS SEND  NGWERUME PACKING
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BY DUMISANI NTIWANE on 27/12/2014 23:22:00


MBABANE – Red and white glamour giants, Mbabane Swallows have sent gifted
Zimbabwean midfielder Alois Ngwerume packing.
The ‘Beautiful Birds’, as Swallows are affectionately known to their throngs
of followers, have severed ties with the former South Africa’s Moroka Swallows
ball juggler hardly half a season since joining them as a free agent.
Ngwerume joined Swallows after the Swazi Telecom Charity Cup triumph and was
touted as the perfect replacement for then want away midfielder Njabulo
‘D4D’ Ndlovu, who had spent the better part of preseason training with army
side, Young Buffaloes. Ndlovu, however, retuned to his beloved Swallows after
the botched move to the army team and the move relegated Ngwerume to the bench.
Swallows acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sibusiso Manana confirmed the
latest development yesterday, saying they had to take the decision for the
betterment of the club.
“I do not want to start painting him black because the truth of the matter is
that he did nothing wrong. He is a good player but unfortunately, we had to make
space because of the foreign quota. We are on the verge of signing a foreign
anchorman and this was a carefully thought out decision.
“After careful consideration, we had to sacrifice him. We thoroughly enjoyed
his stay with us in the time he was here and as a team we wish him all the best
in his future endeavours. This is football, Ngwerume can still bounce back and
join us in future as well, one may never know.
For now, however, we have agreed to part ways with him,” said Manana. Ngwerume
was issued with his clearance and is already out of the country, leaving behind
his fellow countrymen in goalkeepers Jim Knowledge and Nicho Francis.
The other Zimbabwean in the team is indefatigable sweeper Talent Maphosa.
Ngwerume follows in the footsteps of another Zimbabwean Kudzanayi ‘Vibes’
Matanda, who was recently released by the team. He could not be reached for
comment at the time of going to press yesterday.