Micah Lea’alafa: football, futsal and foreign interested clubs

It is already known that 29-year-old forward Micah Lea’alafa is back to Solomon Islands after leaving Maritzburg United from South Africa. He is currently a free agent and there is speculation about the next step of his career as a footballer.

The Solomon Islands international played only eleven matches in the 2019-20 ABSA Premiership – the top-tier of South African football – as knee injuries prevented him to have more game time there. According to reliable sources, Maritzburg United head coach Eric Tinkler was interested on keeping Lea’alafa in the squad but these injuries made it impossible and led the team to release him.

Recovered from injury, Micah was approached by some clubs to play 2020 winter football season in New Zealand but he could not go due to COVID-19 pandemics as borders are closed in New Zealand. It was also informed that current Telekom S-League champions Solomon Warriors contacted him but they did not receive a positive reply.

Oceania Football Center published an article a couple of weeks ago pointing some possibilities for his career and playing the next Telekom S-League season was one of the possibilities but it seems that it is not going to happen.

Auckland City is another club that is interested on Micah. He played there from 2015 to 2019 and he helped the Navy Blues to win the OFC Champions League twice. A return to Auckland is a real and good option that must be highly rated by him.

There is another possibility that should not be forgotten: the 29-year-old forward could return to a professional league. According to reliable sources, Western United showed interest on signing with Micah for 2019-20 A-League season and they could be still keen on having him for next season.

Lea’alafa was called to Solomon Islands National Team camp in March but he did not attend the training sessions. It is not known if he missed it due to injury or personal reasons but it was reported that he turned his focus to futsal as his country qualified to 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup that will be held in Lithuania.

Micah still has lots of options but it is time to take the right decisions. A wrong step can blow his chances to play professionally again.