WANYAMA DEBUT

wanyamaVictor Wanyama Mugubi, 22 years old is the new star in Kenya. He is the first Kenyan to play in the English Premier League, he made his debut on Saturday 17th August, 2013 for Southampton in a match that saw Southampton bag three points in their first match against West Bromwich. Kenya is now the 100th foreign country to have an international player appearing in the Premier League when Victor Wanyama made his Southampton debut.

The powerful 6ft 2in defensive midfielder attracted interest from Manchester United, Arsenal and Everton among others but eventually signed for Southampton in a club record £12.5million deal earlier this summer. The Multimedia university students were happy and witnessed the whole action from the pavilion.

for once all students put away their differences and supported one team, those for Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester City were all in one boat, Wanyama was the man to be watched. I must say that Wanyama has represented Kenyans well and most are arguing that he will open doors for more Kenyans to join the most popular league in the world.

Mugubi came into light when he scored against Barcelona, perhaps the strongest team in the world, during their champions league match, when he was at Celtic United last year. Mugubi now earning 2 million Kenyan shillings a month, started his career in Kenya’s FC Leopards at the age of 15 and he is a brother to MacDonald Mariga of Inter Milan, currently on loan with Parma.

Multimedia students were full of joy after the match and kept discussing his performance on the pitch for the rest of Saturdays evening. it is the hope of everybody that he will shine in the Premier League.

Story by: Brian Obuchi

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