Former Mamelodi Sundowns player Alois Bunjira has given a full background of the Zimbabwean club Khama Billiat has just signed for.
Billiat, who played for Kaizer Chiefs, Mamelodi Sundowns, and Ajax Cape Town in South Africa, has decided to return to his native Zimbabwe following his struggles to find a team in the DStv Premiership.
"Yadah FC is a team that was formed by a prophet, a prophet called Walter Magaya, he is a big football fanatic," Bunjira tells KickOff.
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"His church is called PHD Ministries, meaning Prophetic, Healing, and Delivering Ministries.
"So he's been supporting Zimbabwean football for some time now, and at some point, the Zimbabwean national team was camping at his hotel.
"He's got a hotel here in Zimbabwe, and he sometimes gives that hotel to the Zimbabwe national team for camps.
"Yadha FC they've been in the Premier League I believe for five years now, but they are like a bottom-half-of-the-table team.
"The highest position they've achieved in the Premier League it was when they finished number 6.
"I think when Khama was coming back here in Zimbabwe there was a lot of talk of him going to Dynamos and the money and everything.
"But this team Yada FC is a team backed by some guys who have got a lot of money. They are the Prophet's friends and they've got a lot of money.
"And they put their resources together and made the signing. It's quite exciting to see this happening in Zimbabwe because nobody expected Khama Billiat to join that team, they were not even in the equation in the beginning.
"And it was surprising because we thought he was either going to Ngezi Platinum or Dynamos, the two clubs that are representing Zimbabwe in the CAF competitions.
"But Yanga are bankrolled by a lot of guys with a lot of money and politicians, I think they are the ones that put together their resources.
"If it's a good decision footballing-wise, I wouldn't say so because I would love to see him playing for one of the big teams.
"Khama is a big name in Zimbabwean football he commands a lot of respect and a lot of support, he's got a lot of fans.
"As far as money is concerned I think it's a good decision for him to earn that much money because Dynamos they were not willing to fork out that kind of money. It didn't make sense.
"It didn't make sense for him to come here and start earning five hundred to one thousand dollars, Khama is a big brand he deserves a good pay-cheque and Yada they've provided that.
"They are paying him $50 000 signing-on fees [R957 482] and $5000 monthly salary [R95 759]
"So I'm hoping this can start a revolution and make it a big club, everyone is quite excited for the league to start."
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