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Fans propose Ex-Wusum Stars Goalie Koroma to make retirement U-turn

By: Allusine Rehme Wilson
Experienced Goalkeeper Sheku Lahai Koroma (42) of Bombali district based Sierra Leone Premier League returnees (Wusum Stars) put up an outstanding quarter hour performance on Tuesday evening during the team’s training session after Peter C. Sesay was forced to leave the sticks following a collision. Koroma who dropped his gloves at the end of the 2017-2018 football seasons and announced his retirement from active goalkeeping had since switched path and started a new journey at his former club where he is at the moment serving as GoalKeepers Coach, since 2019. In the last three years, the former Wusum Stars stopper have acquired both D and C coaching Licenses from the Sierra Leone Football Association but his Tuesday training saves made during a well attended team session by players and fans let his fans, followers and supporters of Bombali football to propose that "the veteran goalkeeper returns to action again as a goalie even though he had previously retired from standing between the sticks." Koroma who is nicknamed Vandersa last appearance for Wusum Stars in a competitive encounter was against district hatch rivals Bombali Shebora in a Royal Family Tournament maiden edition, when former Shebora and Bo Rangers FC forward Suffin Kalokoh netted against the prolific goalkeeper who had earlier misjudged Kalokoh’s steps over and eventually sustained an injury that saw the veteran goalie retired from guiding the posts for the inform Sierra Leone Premier League Side ever since. Awoko did reach out to the goalkeeper turned coached to confirm whether he is planning to make a u-turn on his retirement as his fans have suggested, with a broad smile on his face, the 43-year old replied: “I’m at the moment doing my best to prepare the young goalies in our team to shine and win the halted Sierra Leone Premier League which will resume on September 11.”
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