Confusion still reigns in Jacobs saga

THERE is still confusion about which Namibia premiership team the accomplished Brave Warriors midfielder Quinton Jacobs will be playing for this season.

Both African Stars and Eleven Arrows claim that they have signed the player, but strangely, the league authorities say that the player is not registered with the league.The Namibia Premier League (NPL) management committee on Thursday heard from both African Stars and Arrows officials on what deals they had with the player, whom they both claimed to have signed and even offered money.Earlier, Stars said the player trained with them for most of the pre-season and also registered him with the NPL, but Arrows countered saying that they instead signed a pre-season contract with Jacobs and paid him a sum of N$15 000 to which he also agreed to.Jacobs resigned from Orlando Pirates last season and attended trials in Lebanon before he expressed interest in the two local clubs.On Friday, Stars fans waited in anticipation for Jacobs to make his debut for the side, but were disappointed after the NPL management committee had put that move on hold.Yesterday, The Namibian Sport tried to call the chairman of the management committee, Mabos Vries, on any latest developments, but to no avail.Arrows spokesman Nana Tjombe, when called yesterday, said there is so much ‘confusion’ surrounding this case and the reasons given to them by the league authorities after the hearings on Thursday were ‘vague’.’We don’t understand why we don’t get a clear-cut answer from the league bosses as to whom the player belong to after we both made our presentations. They had to take a decision based on that, but up to now, no-one knows what’s next,’ said Tjombe.He said the league earlier also said that the player was on their books on the account of Stars, but did not make it clear to Arrows if that was the case.’If he is registered with Stars on the NPL books, why do we need to go through this whole process and why do they have to try to please us on the issue,’ he asked.In fact, Arrows owner, Johnny Doëseb is also the chairman of the NPL and in this issue recused himself and directed all enquiries to Tjombe who is representing the club.Stars official spokesman Patrick Kauta’s cellphone also went unanswered for long periods yesterday. corry@namibian.com.na