By Robert Kayindi James
Uganda National football team head coach Milutin ‘Micho’ Sredojevic is confident that Uganda Cranes attacking midfielder Farouk Miya will sign a permanent deal with Belgian topflight side Standard Liege.
The development follows a recent tweet on Coach Micho’s official twitter handle that stated; “From a reliable source, I can with pride announce that Miya Farook will sign a 3 years contract at standard Liege. Sincere Congratulations.”
Reports from trusted sources suggest that the 19-year-old could sign a mega three year deal with the Belgium giants having successfully passed his trials in a loan deal.
The Ugandan football sensation who was signed on a 6 months loan deal from Ugandan champions Vipers Sports Club during the CHAN tournament in Rwanda in January, 2016 found it hard to adapt to the Belgium environment but made his mark when he was given the opportunity.
Miya made his debut as a 46th minute substitute for Andrade against KV Mechelen where Liege lost 4-0 with Miya also seeing yellow before winning the Belgium cup the following week after a 2-1 win over club Brugge which also booked them an automatic ticket in next season’s UEFA Europa cup. Miya was an unused substitute in this one.
He later got his first game as a starter against Peruwelz mouscron in which he scored the equaliser for liege in the 31st minute standard liege winning 4-1.
If the two clubs (Vipers and Standard Liege) can reach a substantial agreement, Miya will join the latter on a permanent deal.
However, his Ugandan club Vipers are yet to comment anything about the developments.
We will keep you posted.
