Versatile Wasswa could offer Kajoba much needed grit

Almost every football manager has that marquee player that bails them out when boxed into a corner. Like the indefatigable James Milner at English cham-pions Liverpool, Vipers coach Fred Kajoba can count on fully recovered Geoffrey Wasswa.

Going by recent form, Sudanese gi-ants Al Hilal will play for an all-out at-tack when they take on Vipers on Saturday at St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende, in the Caf Champions League preliminary round.

Interestingly, the last time the Venoms faced similar opposition, Sudan’s Al Merrikh to be precise, Wasswa’s in-valuable versatility came to fore when they progressed on aggregate.

In Sudan, he was deployed to in defensive midfield alongside Taddeo Lwanga as they fell to a 2-1 away loss while in the return leg at Kitende, then coach Javier Martinez had him in right back as they held on to win 1-0.

“I’m ready to be deployed anywhere by the coach because I want to help my team. I feel ready to go against Hilal,” Wasswa told Daily Monitor after yesterday’s gym training at Kitende.“It is a big chance not only for me but for all players that will be given a chance to play.” 

Defenders to call from

For  all  the  time  Kajoba has been prowling the touchline at Simba, Bright Stars and now Vipers, he has mastered the “safety first” approach and that could  throw  in another option of utilising Wasswa in defensive mid-field alongside David Bagoole and Karim Watambala.

Recent injury set-back aside, Wasswa has overtime gained experience at Vipers and feels he has to use this moment to launch his professional bid – just like former colleagues Moses Waiswa (now at SuperSport United in South Africa) and Lwanga (unattached after leaving Egyptian club Tanta).
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