Mwaruwari rules return out to SA Premiership

Mwaruwari told The Zimbabwean on Sunday last week that he had no intention of trekking back to South Africa as he believes he still has a lot to offer at the highest level and would return to Zimbabwe to start his own football academy when he quits football. “I have no intention to return to South Africa when I retire. I will return home to start my own academy. I am also studying for a coaching certificate and would want to venture into coaching later,” said Mwaruwari. The former Jomo Cosmos hitman spent last season on loan to English Premiership side Sunderland and has struggled to regain the form that made him a fearsome striker at home, in South Africa, France and later England as he finished the season without a goal at Sunderland. Mwaruwari, Zimbabwes most experienced striker, moved to Sunderland from Manchester City on loan in order to get more game time but a run of poor form saw the Warriors captain playing only 101 minutes. The 2009/10 season has now turned out to be his worst season in his career in Europe after he managed to score a single goal, in an FA Cup encounter. This has sparked speculation that he might be contemplating returning home to end his career in South Africa where he blossomed to become one of the most feared strikers in the country while at Jomo Cosmos. He was signed by Cosmos owner Jomo Sono after he impressed in Warriors colours against Bafana Bafana during the inauguration of President Thabo Mbeki in 1999. The Warriors beat South Africa 1-0 with leftback Harlington Shereni scoring the priceless goal. Mwaruwari’s predecessor former England-based Warriors skipper Peter Ndlovu wound up his career in South Africa after signing for Mamelodi Sundowns in 2004 having turned out for a number of clubs in England — Coventry City, Sheffield United, Birmingham City among others.