{"id":13957,"date":"2011-12-15T09:43:46","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T09:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/musona-laid-low-with-flu\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T09:43:46","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T09:43:46","slug":"musona-laid-low-with-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/musona-laid-low-with-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"Musona laid low with flu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mtnfootball.com\/content\/musona_tanner-580~4.jpg\" width=\"270\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Knowledge Musona<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The European winter has bitten for former Kaizer Chiefs striker Knowledge Musona, who has been laid low with flu ahead of the weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Zimbabwean has yet to start a Bundesliga match for Hoffenheim, let alone score a goal, as he adjusts to life in one of Europe\u2019s top leagues, though he did score in the German Cup against Cologne in late October.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But things are likely to get harder for him in the coming months as well as he battles the unfamiliar and harsh weather conditions.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">His return to fitness from flu is uncertain having missed the 2-0 win at Nurnberg last weekend, with Hertha Berlin coming up this weekend.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Meanwhile, there is a growing unrest in his homeland over the rule that states that the Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) pocket 15 percent of all transfer fees of players, including those that leave the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Zimbabwe has been a major exporter in recent years, mostly to South Africa, with clubs now racking up massive bills to pay Zifa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Musona and Ajax Cape Town\u2019s Khama Billiat are from the Aces Youth Academy and their director Nigel Munyati, also a Zifa board member, says he does not know where that money goes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cWhatever we get from the sale of these players, it goes towards development at the Academy,\u201d Munyati told local reporters. \u201cWe help these kids by paying for their school fees. We also help these youngsters who are talented, but come from an underprivileged background. It was better if the money we paid to Zifa was going towards development. Do you see any junior development programme being undertaken by the association?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cI wrote to Zifa stating my position and it is very unfortunate that I am also a board member of the association and that puts me in an awkward position. It was never about money when we sold either Khama Billiat or Knowledge Musona to Cape Town Ajax [sic] and Kaizer Chiefs respectively. We wanted them to fulfill their dreams and I am happy for them,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Knowledge Musona The European winter has bitten for former Kaizer Chiefs striker Knowledge Musona, who has been laid low with flu ahead of the weekend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Musona laid low with flu - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\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.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/musona-laid-low-with-flu\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Musona laid low with flu - 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