Why did Silver Strikers allow Blessings Tembo’ contract to run down?

Jan 05, 2018 Sports 50
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The fact that Blessings Tembo was left to enter into the final year of his contract is a damning indictment of how badly the club is being run in some areas.

Now that the influential midfielder has dumped the Bankers for Be Forward Wanderers, their executive committee is  trying everything to stop the move despite knowing that he signed when he was a free agent.

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Silver Strikers are losing their key players in every local transfer window.

Slowly, the Central Bankers are turning into Arsenal FC by losing their key players to rivals almost in each and every local transfer window.

In 2015, Silver Strikers lost Peter Wadabwa to Wanderers and a year later, their captain Lucky Malata followed suit when he turned down a new offer to join the Blue side of the town.

All these players were left to enter into the final years of their contracts, making it very difficult for the Bankers to strike new deals with them as they were at liberty to seek greener pastures away from Area 47.

As is common place with players when negotiations are opened, all avenues are explored and interested parties will be considered. Wanderers’ desire to land Tembo came into play midway through last season and it became clear a week after the conclusion of the season that the player wanted to leave as his terms were not met by his former club.

But was Tembo’s move to Wanderers inevitable? The player had all the reasons to extend his stay at Silver Strikers but failure by the executive committee to listen to his terms forced him to weigh up his options.

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Tembo (R) after signing the contract

It was understood that the former Civo Service United (now Civil Sporting Club)  winger is one of the senior players who was earning less than what he deserved and when he tried to demand for an improved package, he was given a cold shoulder.

This was too suicidal by the current executive committee who knew that Wanderers were hunting for Tembo’s signature after being tipped that the player had just months left in his contract with the Bankers.

And on the final day of his contract, he demanded K4 million signing on fee and a monthly salary of K4 00 000 but the Bankers offered him K3 million signing on fee and a monthly salary of K300 000 which the player turned down.

This was avoidable if the Area 47 giants had begun their negotiations with the player a year before entering into the final stages of his contract.

Previously, the Bankers used to dominate over Wanderers and Nyasa Big Bullets due to the then financial status of the club as the Blantyre based giants were struggling financially.

However, with the coming in of Be Forward and Nyasa Manufacturing Company, the financial status of Wanderers and Bullets has improved tremendously and with this financial power, it will be very difficult for the Area 47 giants to keep their best players as it’s always not easy for players to turn the Blantyre sides down when they come searching.

Silver Strikers executive committee should try to tie players’ contracts before entering the final stages of their current deals to avoid becoming Bullets and Wanderers’ feeder club.

Changes need to be made to the way the club is being run to ensure that never again do they find themselves in such a shambolic situation whereby their three star player have left for nothing to join a rival club. It’s time to wake up.

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50 Comments

  2. Football politics nothing else. They wanted news. Nobody slept on duty. It was all done amicably but they were buying Tembo’s publicity.

  9. why guyz mumapanga zthu modzidzimukira ngati kuti simukudziwa kuti palibe chiletso chogula ndi ndikugulitsa mapuleya bwanji? mumasangalara mukamagulitsa ku mosambique eti? koma noma ikati iguleko zavuta kukhala amatelo all we are malawians dnt do that plz!

  14. Uli ndivuto kwambili osatiso pang’ono ndipo ndiwe munthu osokoneza kumbali ya mpira samapanga chontcho mwana wa ng’ona sakulira dziwe limodzi komaso player ali ngati hule amabwela ndipo amapita ndi sizoona kuti apa udzitha malovu kamba kakuti tembo wapita ku Noma kodi ameneyu wapambana bwanji? Wadabwa komaso Malata adachoka popanda mangawa ndi zolankhula ngati izi tsopano iweyo admin lako vuto ndi chani? Iweyo mwina ineyo ndaiwala undikumbutse chibaswileni chako udayamba utavapo osewela asilver akudandaula kumbali ya game bonus kapena salary yawo undikumbutse iweyo mwina am not good at memory? Kumalemba nkhani zanzelu apatu amene amawelenga zomwe mwalemba ena aiwo ali ndi nzelu kwambili komaso ndi ozindikila koopsa kkuposa iweyo ndiye ukuyenela kudziwa zimenezo

    2. Munaipeza executive ya Bullets isanakhazikike from Kondi to Lipipa pano sumungayelekeze phuno biii biii kuti mutenga player ku BULLETS odalilika.

    3. Ukunama mwana khala pansi olo utafufuza mbiri ya mpira ku malawi wina aliyense akuwuza kuti wanderers pansika siwopa kuti khomo ili kuli agalu aja amuluma pa chiwembe ground aja ayi imalowa mwamkokomo agaluwo ali konko ndipo ndikutsimikizire mwina sukudziwa executive yomwe inalinso yobvuta ndi ya achina kondi msungama ukumunyoza iweyo ndi amzizake achina tewesa billy koma mwina sumadziwa

    3. Ndiye nchifukwa chiyani kuti silver ndimene yakwanitsa kutenga mowilikiza league upambana nima chimene ndingapemphe noma ipite ikumane ndi silver aphuzire kuti imakwanitsa bwanji kupeza maplaya osawera mpira wapamwamba

  18. Too much sleeping Bankers executive chonsecho akunziwa kuti Wanderers ku nkhani ya khiniyi ilibe size imamupepetula player kumupangitsa kusaina opanda or one kwacha.Akatero amamupatsa momutapitsa wezi wezi Nebaaaa sazathekanso basi.

    4. Silver ilibe vuto kumbali ya osewela mwachitsazo kudachoka golo boy kupita ku moshiko mmalo mwache kudabwela B Munthali emwe ali wabwino kwambili, kudachoka striker wadabwa mmalo mwache kudabwela M Sibale wabwinoso kwambili
      kudachoka Lacky Malata mmalo mwache
      kudabwela yunusu Sherif yemwe alibwino kuposa Malatayo, ndiye enanu zionesa ngati kuti silver muli nayo kutali kwambili koterl kuti mwina ndibwino kungokhala chete pa nkhaniyi. Player ali ngati hule amabwela komaso amapita sali ngati bowa wakuti kumela pompo kudzafelaso malo ake omweyo sichoncho

    5. Hahahaaaaaa palibe club yomwe imangofuna kumasula ma player for other clubs to take for mahala aise.Khalidwe ilili likapitilira Silver ichoka pa list pa ma team owopedwa kwathu kuno.Ixingosewera bwino koma osamapambana like Arsenal.
      Ndikhumbokhumbo la club iliyonse kusula player ndikumugulitsa osati azipita waudzu inuyo ndi military team?? ? ? ?.
      Iweyo ndi wa Silver koma sukunziwa mmene executive imamvera player akapita wa udzu chonchi.

    7. pachichewa pali mawu oti opusa dyeleni ngat siliver yapusa ife manoma tilikomweko ndipo tikudyerani ngat muli oziwa kusula player musuleso ena ife tizatenga nxt season

    8. Athu mudazowera kunamizana kodi Tembo ndiwoyamba kuchika ku silver ndi ambiri maplaya upambanaso iyeyo inewo nudziwa kuti noma singakwanitse kupita kufiludi kukafufuza player ndikumusula

    4. Truth hurts the admin is right Silver is full of dull executives.Three yrs in raw loosing three brilliant stars with same club is childish.Wadabwa,Malata and Tembo it’s humiliation bro

  24. It only shows that the executive of silver dont know what football is….Look today what Chakaka is saying ….are sure this guy is indeed a lawyer…???? I doubt…!!!..This player of of today is for Wanderers not Silver…therefore, it is up to Silver to plead with MANOMA….koma kulankhula kwake ngati kuli kumene akupanga Chakaka, ndiye NOMA mukuyidziwa pa nkhani za ma transfer simamva….look the issue of late Chitsulo….it was the same NOMA and silver….this is a repeate of what happens…Blessings Tembo is also stupid…how can he sign a contract if he wanted to stay at silver…..uziona wakula watha..

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