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Pulse Sports can reliably confirm that club captain Milton Karisa has been subject to many offers luring him away from Kitende, but the club has turned the offers down, opting to keep the fast-paced forward at the club.
Vipers SC are doing everything in their power to keep their most prized asset ahead of next season.
Pulse Sports can reliably confirm that club captain Milton Karisa has been subject to many offers luring him away from Kitende, but the club has turned the offers down, opting to keep the fast-paced forward at the club.
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19:56 - 08.07.2023
FOOTBALL Alex Isabirye’s character, belief delivered us the double – Karisa
The 29-year-old, who claimed four awards at the Pilsner StarTimes Uganda Premier League awards on Thursday, including the player of the season, says everything at the club turned for the better when Alex Isabirye became head coach.
Tanzanian giants Young Africans set the pace with a concrete offer, which both sides discussed at length, but the Venoms pulled the plug at the last minute.
The other move was to APR FC, the Rwandan side who recently lifted their transfer ban on signing foreign players also reached out but were kept at arm’s length.
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19:08 - 07.07.2023
FOOTBALL Karisa credits the foreign-based Cranes legion for improving his craft
The fast-paced forward, who claimed four awards at the Pilsner - StarTimes Uganda Premier League Awards on Thursday, had to dig deep on an individual level to help his side claim a first league domestic league double.
Karisa Magic
The six-time league champions have every right to hold onto the 27-year-old, who, under Alex Isabirye, played a pivotal role for his side as they earned their first domestic league double in the club’s history.
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With 11 goals and eight assists last season, Karisa walked home with the top prize, the Uganda Premier League Player of the Season, along with three other awards in most assists, best XI, and also the coach’s Player of the Season award.
The Uganda Cranes’ international, who has one year left on his current contract, will now be expected to lead Vipers’ charge next season under the new head coach, Brazilian Leonard Martins Neiva, who replaced Alex Isabirye.
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10:29 - 07.07.2023
FOOTBALL How Karisa overtook Okello, Wahab in assists race
But between Wednesday and Thursday, things changed, and Milton Karisa and Gaddafi Wahab moved to eight assists.
The three-time domestic cup winners have also beefed up the squad with five additions, including two Brazilians, David Bagoole, Farouk Musisi, and the latest signing Grant Masiko who penned a two-year deal from Wakiso Giants FC.
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14:15 - 21.07.2023
FOOTBALL Vipers unveil league's best right-back
He becomes the team's fifth signing in the ongoing transfer window after Giancarlo Lopez Rodriguez, Luiz Otavio Santos de Araujo Tinga, David Bagoole and Richard Matovu.
Vipers, who won the FUFA Super Eight title in 2019, will get their new season underway when the competition returns between August 4th – 14th.
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