Simba SC CEO Senzo Mbatha has vehemently denied reports the Tanzanian club is after the services of Orlando Pirates striker Justin Shonga.
According to Mbatha, certain individuals in Tanzania and South Africa are pushing this false narrative.
"The stories making the rounds that Simba are pursuing Shonga are incorrect," Mbatha told the South African Football Journalists Association.
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"It is certain individuals in certain corners of the country here in Tanzania and in South Africa that have pushed this narrative that there’s an interest from Simba for (Shonga).