Africa-Press – Eswatini. When one door closes, another one opens!
This adage seems to hold true for Mbabane Highlanders winger Tony ‘Ben 10’ Machacha, who is reported to have joined arch-rivals Mbabane Swallows.
The South Africa-born winger was surprisingly released by the black and white outfit recently alongside three others after falling out of favour with coach Solomon ‘Sully’ Luvhengo.
Word coming out is that ‘Ben 10’ arrived in the country yesterday through the Ngwenya Border Post to join his new team.
This comes after successful negotiations between the two parties that lasted for almost two weeks.
Sources close to the matter revealed that Machacha was already at the team’s club house after his arrival yesterday afternoon.
Fruitful
“Ben 10’ has joined Swallows. I am sure he will start training with the team tomorrow (today) after fruitful negotiations,” said the source.
He said he was not sure if he had already signed a contract.
“All I know is that Machacha is already in the country to join Swallows. He will be wearing the red and white jersey in the new season.”
Mbabane Swallows Public Relations Officer, Knowledge Ngwenya asked to be given time to verify if the player had really joined the team.
“Nothing has reached my office so far, maybe the coaches are aware of this matter. I will have to verify then I will come back to you. If is true, I will let you know,” he said.
The player could not be reached as his cellphone was off for the better part of the day. Meanwhile, ‘Ben 10’ enjoyed his stay at Mbabane Highlanders during the era of Ernest Mavuso.
Together with his fellow countryman Kenneth Moloto, they formed a deadly combination as they plotted the downfall of a number of teams.
Machacha began his career at Ally Tigers, a team campaigning in the ABC Motsepe League.
Mbabane Swallows will face Illovo in their opening match of the Trade Fair Cup tournament that starts on Sunday.
The tournament has been sponsored to the tune of E1 million by the PLE and EPA.
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