Kempes to join Indonesian side
Kempes to join Indonesian side
JAKARTA (JP): Former Argentinean World Cup hero Mario Kempes
will arrive today to complete a deal with Indonesian side Pelita
Jaya as a playing coach for the remainder of the season.
Pelita manager Andri Amien said here on Tuesday that the 42-
year-old Argentinean is expected to turn up on the pitch in every
match played by the club although not as a full-timer.
Kempes, top scorer in Argentina's World Cup triumph in 1978,
has just completed his contract with Chilean second division side
Fernandez Viall. He reportedly will earn US$5,000 per month, plus
other facilities, such as a house and a car.
Kempes' arrival will force Pelita to cut its foreign troops.
The Jakarta-based club has loaned its Cameroon star Roger Milla
to Putra Samarinda and plans to drop its two Montenegran players
Milorad Bajovic and Miodrag Bozovic. (amd)