Bobby Kamwa comes to Dunfermline

21 year old Leeds United loanee arrives at East End Park

Dunfermline Athletic are delighted to announce the loan signing of forward Bobby Kamwa, from Premier League side Leeds United, until the end of the season.

We would like to thank Victor Orta and Andrew Taylor at Leeds, along with Bobby’s representative, David Moss for their help and support in allowing the move to happen. Bobby will wear squad number 27.

Dunfermline have been aware of the 21 year old Leeds United player for a couple of months and the possibility of him coming to East End Park on loan. Manager John Hughes explained:-

“The next step was to get him up in a practice match, he showed that character and desire to come up and play. Although we got beat 2-0 in that match against Falkirk he was the one who lit it up a little bit. His work ethic was very very good and I think that he will excite the fans.

“You can see that he is a confident lad. Many a time he has been on the first team training pitch down at Leeds with Bielsa. He will know what it’s all about, how to look after the ball. I am just delighted that we got him.

“He is something different than what we have got. He has pace, power, got a trick and hopefully has got goals in him as well. I am absolutely delighted to get him and I keep saying to the chairman that I don’t know how he does it. He must have been 24/7 trying to get this one over the line and he has to take a lot of credit for doing that.

“I am just hoping that Bobby has great success up here. The fans will enjoy him, enjoying him getting at defenders, giving him the ball to let him do his stuff. He has the double step over and good pace and power. I am looking forward to working with him.

The manager felt that it was important that Bobby came up to see what he was coming to, got to meet his team mates:-

“A lot of work was put in place just to come up and trial, let us see what he has got - we didn’t want to sign him blind. The due diligence that we did was all positive and once we saw him, met him and tested him asking him the football questions he passed with flying colours.

“We played him in a few positions coming in off the left hand side and then we played him centre forward so he has got that in him. He can play in a number of positions coming and I have no doubt that he can play on the right hand side as well.

“He is another one who has something to prove. The fans will love him and we have him until the end of the season. It is your stage, every entertainer loves a stage, go and light it up. I am hoping that it really works out for him and he becomes a fans favourite.”

It is Bobby Kamwa’s first ever spell out on loan and his agent, a former Pars player, was involved in the move. John revealed:-

“The agent, David Moss, helped us out. Obviously he knows the Scottish market. There were many clubs after him so we just tried to get ahead of the game. We have to thank Leeds as well, there are a lot of people who have helped us out along with my mate John Collins who is really well connected.

“Then the young player Leo Hjelde who I had on loan from Celtic up at Ross County and is now down at Leeds gave him a fantastic recommendation.

“It is very very important that we settle him in really quick. It is great that he will be staying with a couple of the boys (Dan Pybus Reece Cole) and they will show him about the town. They will tell him what the club is all about and get into about the standards that we are trying to set at the club.

“I said total football for the next four months, come and be the best that you can be and go and be that hero that we are talking about.”

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