{"id":3952,"date":"2019-02-16T16:29:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-16T16:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=3952"},"modified":"2019-02-16T16:29:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T16:29:07","slug":"mpandare-gives-foreign-born-players-ultimatum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mpandare-gives-foreign-born-players-ultimatum","title":{"rendered":"Mpandare gives foreign-born players ultimatum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Warriors manager Wellington Mpandare says he gave the foreign-born players an ultimatum to submit their papers before Friday if they certainly want to feature for the national team.<\/p>\n<p>Mpandare had revealed a few days ago that some players were not committing themselves to play for the country after they delayed to submit their papers at Zimbabwean embassies for regularisation.<\/p>\n<p>But in an interview with NewsDay, the manager said England-born Bonne had promised to send his papers for processing before the Friday deadline and could be available for the match against Congo Brazzaville.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had given the players until today (yesterday) as the deadline for them to submit their papers and give me their commitment,\u201d Mpandare said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been talking to Macauley Bonne this week, and he has promised to send his papers to our embassy in London. 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