Is Dennis Oliech what Gor Mahia has been missing in it’s ranks?
The signing of Dennis Oliech by Champions Gor Mahia was met with mixed reactions with some fans apparently for it while others were completely against it with reason being that the Kenyan Record Goalscorer is now old and not as sharp as before.
Oliech has however hit the ground running brining in the goals in his last two appearances for the Champions in the local league.
Gor Mahia captain Harun Shakava is now banking on Oliech to fire Kogallo to a hat-trick of successive SportPesa Cup titles.
While addressing a packed press conference at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, the lanky defender also praised the impact of new coach Hassan Oktay at the club.
“We will try and repeat what we did here two years ago, and win the title and get another chance to face Everton,” said Shakava.
“We have a number of new players and Oliech is one of them. He is slowly getting used to playing in Africa because he was based in Europe for most of his career. But already you can see he is an asset and we are banking on him to fire in the goals while also helping out in some attributes of the attack.”
Oliech, who enjoyed a decade-long stint in France, has scored twice in three league matches since joining Gor Mahia earlier this month.
Gor will commence their SportPesa Cup defence with a fixture against lowly Mbao FC from Mwanza on Wednesday.