{"id":14285,"date":"2020-09-12T18:40:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/kenya\/?p=14285"},"modified":"2020-09-12T18:40:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T18:40:47","slug":"head-coach-steven-pollack-takes-a-break-from-gor-mahia-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/head-coach-steven-pollack-takes-a-break-from-gor-mahia-duties","title":{"rendered":"Head coach Steven Pollack takes a break from Gor Mahia duties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Author:\u00a0Waweru Titus<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Perennial Kenyan Premier League (KPL) champions Gor Mahia have confirmed head coach Steven Pollack has gone back to Finland for a 10-day holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Gor\u2019s vice chairman Francis Wasuna said Pollack requested for the holiday ahead of the much-anticipated resumption of sporting activities in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPollack will be hitting the run-way tonight to Finland for a 10-day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe coach (Pollack) requested for some days off and we gave him 10 days and he will be travelling tonight to Finland,\u201d Wasuna said in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The vice-chairman, however, pointed out Pollack is expected back in Kenya after the stated days unless the plot is interfered with by quarantine programs where an extension will be needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plan is to have him (Pollack) back after 10 days but we are not sure of any quarantine programs the other end.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it happens and his 10 days are interfered with, then an extension of his stay in Finland might be necessary,\u201d Wasuna stated.<\/p>\n<p>The football season is back and with it, the ever buzzing transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>During this period, football clubs all over the world are allowed to transfer, exchange, or release players, either at an agreed fee or for free, depending on a player\u2019s contract situation.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Kenyan Premier League\u00a0is no exception. 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Gor\u2019s vice chairman Francis Wasuna said Pollack requested for the holiday ahead of the much-anticipated resumption of sporting activities in the country. \u201cPollack will be hitting the run-way tonight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":14282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8,17],"tags":[1551,5633],"class_list":["post-14285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","tag-gor-mahia-fc","tag-steven-pollack"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Head coach Steven Pollack takes a break from Gor Mahia duties - kenya<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Perennial Kenyan Premier League (KPL) champions Gor Mahia have confirmed head coach Steven Pollack has gone back to Finland for a\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/head-coach-steven-pollack-takes-a-break-from-gor-mahia-duties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Head coach Steven Pollack takes a break from Gor Mahia duties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Perennial Kenyan Premier League (KPL) champions Gor Mahia have confirmed head coach Steven Pollack has gone back to Finland for a\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/head-coach-steven-pollack-takes-a-break-from-gor-mahia-duties\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"kenya\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-12T18:40:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/09\/head_coach_steven_po5f5c050249421.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"666\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"441\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/head-coach-steven-pollack-takes-a-break-from-gor-mahia-duties#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/head-coach-steven-pollack-takes-a-break-from-gor-mahia-duties\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Head coach Steven Pollack takes a break from Gor Mahia duties\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-12T18:40:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/head-coach-steven-pollack-takes-a-break-from-gor-mahia-duties\"},\"wordCount\":350,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/head-coach-steven-pollack-takes-a-break-from-gor-mahia-duties#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sites\/28\/2020\/09\/head_coach_steven_po5f5c050249421.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"gor mahia fc\",\"Steven Pollack\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/head-coach-steven-pollack-takes-a-break-from-gor-mahia-duties#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/head-coach-steven-pollack-takes-a-break-from-gor-mahia-duties\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/sport\/head-coach-steven-pollack-takes-a-break-from-gor-mahia-duties\",\"name\":\"Head coach Steven Pollack takes a break from Gor Mahia duties - 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