Western Stima head coach Abdallah Juma has called on his integral members of the squad to focus on finishing the season as a unit despite being lured by other clubs who promise to table tempting sign on fees to the players should the players agree to make the switch.Stima are one of the teams that are embroiled in the scrappy relegation dog fight this season and following their 1-0 loss suffered against Sofapaka on Wednesday afternoon just after a morale boosting 2-1 win over defending champions Gor Mahia, the Kisumu based side find themselves on 16 points, just two points away from the last position in the table after twenty two games played.54’| 1st Half gallery Scores @WesternStima_fc 0-1 @FC_Sofapaka #BKPL pic.twitter.com/042AOBs8gA— Betking Kenya Premier League (@Officialfkfpl) June 30, 2021 The head coach has gone ahead to urge his players who have shone in this campaign to concentrate and focus on helping Stima to avoid the drop by giving their best performances in the final stretch even if they have been given offers to sign elsewhere.“From the experience I have garnered coaching in the top flight, I want to make sure that we completely evade the threat of being relegated before we get to the last five games of the season. This is because a lot of my players have been approached and they risk losing concentration because of the promises they have been given,”“When a player is promised around 300,000 or even 500,000 to sign with other teams, the player easily loses the focus required to play as he knows even when the team is relegated, he will be joining another club. That is why I really have to be aware of such things as we approach those last games because such outside factors can really affect the performance of my team,” the coach told Mozzart Sport.A late Chris Oduor strike gave bottom place Mathare United all the three points to ensure that the slum boys heap even more pressure to the teams above them as they have now recorded two win in their last three games.
