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Ricky Zililo, Senior Sports Reporter
BANTU Rovers’ utility player Crispen Ncube will leave the country next week for a three-month stint with topflight Slovakian side FC Vion alongside three other players from Talen Vision.

The three players from Zifa Southern Region Division One league club Talen Vision that will leave for Slovakia on January 21 are Mbekezeli Sibanda, Njabulo Mpofu and Tawanda Muchaya.

Sibanda, an attacking left-footed midfielder, and defensive midfielder Mpofu are both 21, while Muchaya, who plays on the right side of midfield, is 22.

Ncube (23) was spotted by scouts from the Czech Republic during the inaugural Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Trukumb Mining Enterprises Top Eight tournament last year.

Austria-based football agent and Talen Vision partner, Didier Kanku, who brought coaches from the Czech Republic’s topflight teams to Bulawayo for the tournament, facilitated the trials.

Juma Phiri, Talen Vision’s manager, said the players’ visas would be ready tomorrow and the club was in the process of securing air tickets for them.

“We’ve been working on creating relations with foreign clubs and we’re happy that some boys that performed well last season have been presented with such a good opportunity to showcase their skills in Europe.

“The visa applications were successful and we were told to pick them up on Tuesday. They will be flying out on January 21,” Juma said.

Besides the quartet, Talen Vision will also be sending the striking duo of 18-year-old Leeroy Mugove and DR Congo’s Patrick Kingambo (19) for trials at Czech Republic’s First Division side Frydek-Mistek.

Juma said Talen Vision secretary Mishon Tsabalaka will accompany the players for the trials.

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