Top goalscorer Lamola not leaving Celtic - Larsen

17 April 2015 - 02:01 By Mark Gleeson

Top goalscorer Lerato Lamola, whose early strike on Wednesday began the five-goal rout of Mamelodi Sundowns, will be staying at Bloemfontein Celtic next season, his coach Clinton Larsen insisted yesterday. The 28-year-old Lamola, a late bloomer in the game, has 11 goals in the league this season.He leads the race for the Golden Boot award, prompting speculation that he could be headed to one of the better-paying clubs in Gauteng next season.But Larsen insisted Celtic would not be selling any players in the off-season."All of our players are tied down so they won't be going anywhere," said the coach.Celtic consolidated their fifth place with a convincing 5-0 thrashing of the champions, and Larsen had nothing but praise for his men, after the encounter."I thought we were brilliant defensively and we limited a very talented team to possibly no goal-scoring chances."I thought the midfield worked their socks off to protect our back four and goalkeeper, and we always knew we would be able to catch them on the break."It was just a matter of whether we were going to be clinical or not," said Larsen...

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