It is believed that Highfield United is offering between US$15 000 and US$30 000 as sign-on fees.
One player who has singed for the club recently tabled an assets list worth more than US$20 000 which the Highfield United gladly paid for. The player was not a liberty to reveal the assets. The club signed three high-profile players from Dynamos, Washington Arubi, Murape Murape and Benjamin Marere.
The team has also signed Warriors legend Peter Ndlovu.
Ndlovu and Marere have been loaned to Black Mambas for the 2011 soccer season.
CAPS United have also joined the bandwagon by splashing between US$8 000 and U$13 000 for players in sign-on fees.
The Green Machine have snapped Evans Gwekwerere from Dynamos. He has already been paid his US$13 000 sign-on fee.
Being a football player in Zimbabwe has became one of the highest paying job as clubs jostle for players in preparation for the fourth coming soccer season.But if we count a few seasons back, playing football in Zimbabwe was not paying at all which resulted in Zimbabwean players joining the great trek to South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, DRC and Swaziland. Several premierships are also expected to follow suit lest they lose players.
