Times Of Swaziland: EX-VOVOVO DEFENDER ARISTOTE LEAVES ‘BULL’

EX-VOVOVO DEFENDER ARISTOTE LEAVES ‘BULL’
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Mengameli Mabuza on 24/12/2022 07:20:00


MBABANE- About four months since joining Mbabane Highlanders, ex-Vovovo centre
back Aristote Tamuzi has parted ways with the club.
The two parties, according to impeccable sources, went separate ways last week
on Wednesday. This happened about four months into Aristote’s six-month
contract with Highlanders.
The player, who spent two years with Vovovo FC, was on a E10 000 monthly salary
and signed with the black and white side in September.
He was among the marquee signings with every other top team linked, particularly
Mbabane Swallows.
Earlier reports had suggested that the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
national had resigned but he has since broken his silence.
“No one at Highlanders took care of me when I got injured during the Bible Cup
though it wasn’t a big injury. I told them to give me two weeks and I didn’t
recover well. I played again in the CAF Confederation Cup match against Royal
AM, I was hurt again. I was taken out of the pitch after aggravating my
injury,” he said while claiming he was owed salaries for November and December
while also allegedly paying his own medical bills.
Aristote said he now wanted his clearance from Inkunz’emnyama so he could
return home.
Clearance
“I told them to give me my clearance as I don’t want to play for the team
anymore. I don’t want to fight with them. I love Highlanders, the boss and the
supporters but things didn’t go the way I had imagined as they say in the
Bible, a man proposes, God disposes,” he lamented.
Well-informed sources within the club have revealed that Aristote’s knee
injury was not responding to treatment. The defender is believed to have passed
trials with South African side Moroka Swallows but was not signed due to his
recurring knee injury, which the defender disputes as that not being true.
“It’s all lies. I was not signed by Swallows because of the foreign quote
not because of any injury I had” he said.
Highlanders Public Relations Officer Kenneth Dlamini could not be drawn for
comment after his cell phone rang unanswered when called yesterday.