Ghanaian midfielder Bernard Morrison urges Yanga SC to accept and move on after signing for Simba SC

Ghanaian midfielder Bernard Morrison has urged Yanga SC to accept and move on after joining their arch-rivals Simba SC on Saturday.

Morrison penned a two-year deal with the club after successful negotiations.

However, immediately after Simba made the transfer official, Yanga came out with a statement in which they claimed the 27-year-olds was still their player as he still has a running contract with them until 2022, and that his

The Ghanaian has now talked for the first time after the transfer by asking Yanga to accept and move on since he had already signed for Simba and was ready to play for them in the new season.

“It is part of the game, and I don’t take any personal offense about whatever that has been happening for a while now,” Morrison told Azam TV on Saturday.

“Yanga is a big team and Simba is also a big club and moving from Yanga to Simba it is not really a big deal, though the [Yanga] supporters are disappointed and the management are disappointed, but it is part of football.

“It happens so I don’t think they have to see me as a bad person, in moving from Yanga to Simba because it is part of football and they have to accept it and move on and welcome me to Tanzanian football.

He added, “This is football, the fact I came here to work, wherever you find yourself you just have to prepare yourself and work wholeheartedly."

“I know there is a big challenge ahead of to play for [Simba] in the league and Caf Champions League but I have to prepare my mind to be extra strong in any way so I can be able to be ready for the challenge ahead of me.

“I also want the Simba fans to welcome me home, I am home now, they must make me feel happy, I am coming to work hard, they must show me they love me, I know they love their players, and I also want them to appreciate me as one of their own because I am coming to work hard and help them to win trophies."

He has previously played for Hearts of Lions, AS Vita, and Motembe Pembe.