MBOLA ABANDONS ARMENIA
By Sydney Mungala

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Feb 26 2010
Zambia

ARMEMIA-based national team defender Emmanuel Mbola has said that he
is not going back to his club as he is not happy with his contract
with the club.

In an interview after a brief trial spell at English club Tottenham
Hotspurs, Mbola said that he will stick around until his contract
problems were resolved.

"I am not going back there (Pyunik Yerevan) because I have issues
with my contract. I could not sign for Totenham because I have to
finalise things with my club," he said.

Mbola said he had left his issue in the hands of his manager and
the Football Association of Zambia (FAZ)." The former Mining Rangers
player, said that the Tottenham trip was a great experience.

"It was fantastic because I trained with the first and second team.

They were happy with me and I should be going back maybe next week
depending on how fast the issues are sorted out here," Mbola said.

And his local manager Elijah Chileshe said that he had written to FAZ
over the contract Mbola signed as a 15 year old with Pyunik Yerevan.

"I have written to FAZ to deal with the matter because they made him
sign a contract as 15 year old which is against the rules; he was a
minor," Chileshe said.

He said that the player would be around until FAZ dealt with the
matter.

Mbola signed a contract which binds him to the Armenian club until
2011.

The 16-year-old player is currently training with the under 17
national team.