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Olunga: Why I turned down offers from Europe to sign for Al Duhail SC

The towering Harambee Star explains why he decided against moving to Italy or Spain and ended up in the Gulf

Kenya striker Michael Olunga has revealed the reason he turned down offers from Italy and Spain to sign for Al Duhail SC in Qatar.

After a stellar display in the Japanese J1-League with Kashiwa Reysol, and also having featured in Spain for FC Girona on loan, the towering Harambee Star shocked many when he decided against moving to Europe to pen a four-year contract with the Qatari Super League side in January 2021.

Many of his fans back home had anticipated him to make a move to Europe and his move to Duhail was interpreted negatively.