Micho pushes for Supersport deal

AMAVUBI head coach Sredejovic Milutin Micho is courting Pan African pay per view broadcaster Supersport to relay Rwanda national football league matches. The Serbian masterminded the Supersport deal with Uganda’s Fufa and believes he can do the same with the Primus League. “I did it with the Uganda Super League and don’t see why I cannot do it with the Primus League,” the former Orlando Pirates coach said. Gary Rathbone (Head of Africa, Supersport international) is in the country to have talks with Ferwafa. Meanwhile, Supersport sealed a $5m five year broadcasting rights deal with Uganda Super League in August this year. Supersport will for five years annually inject $1m a season deal of which more than 50% of the money will be wired directly to the clubs. Supersport is set to broadcast between 18 and 20 matches per season, with options of double headers starting with the 2011/2012 season. The pay television channel will besides training staff also develop, manage and administer a website. If Rwanda seals a deal with Supersport, the nation will join a Super Sport family that already consists of top soccer leagues in Nigeria, Ghana, Angola, South Africa, Kenya and Zambia. Ends