{"id":47824,"date":"2026-01-18T23:27:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T23:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=47824"},"modified":"2026-01-18T23:27:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T23:27:26","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmotherwell-coach-makes-bold-declaration-on-maswanhises-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/18\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignmotherwell-coach-makes-bold-declaration-on-maswanhises-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Motherwell coach makes bold declaration on Maswanhise&#8217;s future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"soccer24-advanced-banner soccer24-banner-type-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Motherwell-coach-makes-bold-declaration-on-Maswanhises-future.jpeg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Banner2image\" class=\"soccer24-banner-image\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou has insisted the club has no plans to sell top scorer Tawanda Maswanhise during the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Maswanhise is currently leading the Scottish Premiership scoring charts with ten goals and has netted 16 across all competitions this season.<\/p>\n<p>His latest goal came on Saturday when he fired his side into the fifth round of the Scottish Cup with the only goal of the game in a 1-0 victory over Ross County at Fir Park.<\/p>\n<p>Those performances have ignited speculation about interest from other clubs.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after Saturday\u2019s match, Askou said Motherwell have no intention of selling the striker in the current transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>He said, as cited by <em>PA Media<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am calm. There has been interest in our players already in the summer window, because they could see them early in the season doing really well, and that interest has been growing and will hopefully grow and grow until we find the right moment with the player and us to move them on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat moment is not now. We\u2019re halfway through the season, a fantastic season so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t keep him forever, and we shouldn\u2019t keep him forever.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019s no plan of any one of our players moving on now, and there has been no-one coming with a big wish on that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coach added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn rushing things, it might seem good right now, but in the long term it\u2019s sometimes better to be a little bit cool. So we have no plans of making a big rebuild now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that there\u2019s potential in Tawanda, but that potential we need to let grow with Motherwell Football Club, because there\u2019s also potential in this club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd for now, that will grow together. And then I am sure that in the coming years we will see many of these players move on and do really well in the next stage, and some of them maybe even on the biggest stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the new generation spend a lot of time on social media, and he\u2019s probably also got some friends who think he needs to move on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I know there are many Zimbabwe fans who follow our club, because he\u2019s a very popular fellow.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo there\u2019s a lot of attention, but as I said before, it\u2019s about using that attention as positive energy, because it\u2019s going well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><h3 class=\"jp-relatedposts-headline\"><em>Related Posts<\/em><\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Motherwell #coach #bold #declaration #Maswanhises #future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou has insisted the club has no plans to sell top scorer Tawanda Maswanhise during the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[4191,573,9194,208,5490,5489],"class_list":["post-47824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-example-3","tag-bold","tag-coach","tag-declaration","tag-future","tag-maswanhises","tag-motherwell"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47825,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47824\/revisions\/47825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}