Story and Photography courtesy of: Grace Chingoma for The Herald
The first batch of the British Brigade, led by highly-rated teenage midfielder Kundai Benyu who plays for Scottish champions Celtic, is finally coming home to represent their motherland in international football. A number of them have been named in the Warriors squad for matches against Lesotho and Namibia next month. The Warriors will take on Lesotho in an international friendly in Maseru on November 8 and then travel to Windhoek for a date against Namibia’s Brave Warriors in the Dr Hage Geingob Cup three days later.
Marshall Gore, a Zimbabwean-based in England who has been working around the clock to persuade a number of players with local roots to play for the Warriors, is believed to have covered a lot of ground in coming up with a sizeable number of stars who can add value to the Warriors.
“I am in touch with more than 30 eligible players to play for Zimbabwe…” said Mpandare.
Gore is a passionate Warriors fan and was in Tunisia to cheer the team at their maiden appearance at the African Cup of Nations in 2004 and also travelled to Egypt to support the team two years later. He is set to arrive in Harare on November 8.
The 19-year-old Benyu was signed by the Glasgow giants in July this year and has so far featured in one league match and one League Cup for Celtic whose manager Brendan Rodgers believes the Zimbabwean, who was born in England, could be the future of the club. Tendayi Darikwa, Admiral Muskwe and Macaulay Bonne have also been included in the 22-member squad.
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