What has been said?
Goal when asked whether Simba had tabled a bid to sign the player.
“Simba is a big club in Africa and we have our plans as a club and we have already started talking to new players we want to sign as per the recommendation of the technical bench led by coach Didier Gomes Da Rosa.
“We already have the list and in fact, some of the targets we have, already started engaging them, and even others have already signed with us, but all is remaining is to unveil them.
“Simba did not have any plans to sign Edward [Manyama], if we were really interested then we could have talked to his club immediately after we played against them, but I want to put it clear that he was not part of our targets and if I give you the list from the coach [for new players to sign], even his name is not there.”
The result was enough to bundle them out of the competition with Guinea and Zambia progressing to the next stage.
Despite the early, coach Ndayiragije has maintained his players deserve praise because they showed a fighting spirit in the fixture but a lack of concentration undid them.
“As a team, we have improved a lot basing on the displayed performance,” Ndayiragije said as quoted by
“During our first game against Zambia, we played very well in the opening stages but after conceding, morale dropped. Against Guinea, even though we conceded early, the boys kept pushing until we equalised and sourced another goal to lead 2-1 but, lack of concentration enabled the Guineans to settle the score.”
Guinea and Zambia were the last two sides to book their places in the
African Nations Championship quarter-finals, after both drew their
concluding Group D games today.