The 26-year-old has played in the French Lique 1 in the last two seasons playing a total of 48 league games with Olympique Lyon and scoring 11 goals.

Al Tai battled relegation for the better part of last season only to conjure some great wins at the tail end of the season to help them to safety.

The Green Machine players threatened to boycott their league clash against Highlanders at Barbourfields at the weekend a

The Olympic Lyon striker joined the La Liga side on a one-year loan deal which could culminate in a permanent move.

They went on a seven-match losing streak which raised fears that the popular club was sinking into oblivion.

The Green Machine struggled for fluency and failed to create clear cut chances with the league’s top goal scorer William Manondo largely anonymous.

With log leaders FC Platinum emerging 2-1 victors away to WhaWha earlier on Saturday, the Glamour Boys badly needed a victory against the army side to close the gap.

Mutizwa, however, said he was happy with their preparations during the week, but raised concern over the injury to two of his key players.

The Herentals coach added that while they would be happy to progress to the semi- finals,  the overall objective was to go as far as the final.

While he insists they have not thrown in the towel yet, he said the Chibuku Super Cup offered them a chance to end the season with at least a trophy.

With the exhilarating match failing to produce a winner, it was left to the lottery of the penalty shootout to settle the contest.

Dynamos players sunk to the turf, holding each other after Brian Banda scored the winning penalty for FC Platinum

The Glamour Boys’ title bid suffered a major reversal two weeks back after they were held to a 1-1 draw by army side Black Rhinos.