Bullets receive double injury boost ahead of their trip to CRECK

After six months, Frank Willard is expected to don the colors for FCB Nyasa Big Bullets as injury pushed back his growth in the game. After returning to the Club from Mafco FC in 2022, the defending midfielder instantly established himself as the starter in Kalisto Pasuwa’s team and has been playing a vital role since then.

His injury late in the 2023 season forced Pasuwa to utilize Yankho Singo as a defending midfielder and Willard is the only one who has recovered from injury out of three players who went for surgery in Zimbabwe.

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The defending Champions who have started the 2024 season on a low note will feel relieved after having a trimmed squad since the start of the season.

Providing team news on Thursday in Blantyre, Pasuwa said Willard is back in training with the team and could be part of the team traveling to face CRECK Sporting Club on Sunday.

Apart from Willard, the Zimbabwean gaffer also said that Chikumbutso Salima who got injured earlier this season is training with the team but he [Pasuwa] will be managing them with ‘caution’.

“Frank Willard has been out of action for seven months as such we need to prepare him well to avoid injuring him again, I can confirm that Salima and Willard are back.

“We need to manage these players with caution. Chikumbutso [Salima] started running and he also needs to be managed well so that we bring him to full fitness,” he tells the Club’s Media.

Bullets received another boost before facing Silver Strikers with Stanley Billiati’s recovery but a good number of players are also expected to miss this weekend’s game.

Kalisto said Ephraim Kondowe, Maxwell Phodo, Collin Mujuru, Mike Mkwate, Alick Lungu, Clever Mkungula are still battling back to recovery.