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‘Kenya is happy for you!’ – Twitter reacts as Timbe signs for Reading FC

Kenyans have taken to social media to hail the transfer of Harambee Stars player Ayub Timbe to English Championship side Reading FC.

The speedy winger sealed his transfer to the Royals on deadline day and he has agreed to pen a six-month loan deal until June 2020.

Timbe joined the Royals from Beijing Renhe and becomes the second Kenyan player after Victor Wanyama of Tottenham Hotspur to ply his trade in England.

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The forward was born in Nairobi but also holds Belgian nationality; he learned his trade at Anderlecht from the age of 13 and continued his footballing education in the youth ranks of Beerschot AC before signing professional terms at KRC Genk in 2010.