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Revealed: How Yanga SC failed to lure Kanda from arch-rivals Simba SC

Reports emerged Wananchi had approached the forward with the intent of giving him a better and longer contract

Yanga SC's intense and secret pursuit of Simba SC's star Deo Kanda looks to have ended abruptly.

Reports in Tanzania indicated Yanga had approached Kanda with the aim of signing him on a longer contract.

Kanda arrived at Simba in 2019 from TP Mazembe on a one-year-long loan which was expected to finish at the end of the currently suspended season.

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Reports further indicated Yanga tried to influence the forward to sign for them through their captain Papy Tshishimbi but their underhand dealings came to an abrupt end when Simba put a two-year deal for Kanda on the table.