Hamza debuts after visa incident

By Sulayman Bah Gambia international Hamza Barry made his debut for the first time since his visa issue. Barry climbed for forty-six minutes as Valletta romped 9^th-placed Qormi 4-0. Goals from Elford-Alliyu, Alex Terra, Azzopardi and Montebello did the damage. The 20-year-old will hope to rake in the minutes like his first season, after rejoining his team-mates last week on the back of a visa problem in Tunisia. The 20-year-old traveled to Tunis after ex- African champions Esperance de Tunis invited him on a try-out. He impressed the club gaffer but wasn’t signed to a deal after the player’s representatives and Esperance failed to reach an agreement over a transfer fee. The disagreement reeled in few days after Valletta denied Hamza, a Nusrat graduate, move to Laliga Getafe who voiced interest to sign the Gambian on a season-long loan. However, the ex-Gambia Ports Authority starlet is now back at Valletta albeit lacking fitness, his return hands the Malta premier league champions a needed bolstering who’d struggled in the start of the season.      ]]>