Rangers seek attacking vigor in transfer market ahead of new campaign

Football Kenya Federation Premier League side Posta Rangers have set in motion plans of strengthening their forward line ahead of the new 2021/2022 season that commences in just under one month.Back in the just concluded 2020/2021 season where the mail men finished in 13th position on 36 points, head coach Stanley Okumbi, who took over at the club in February, kept lamenting about his team’s inability to convert the chances they kept fashioning in front of goal.Victor Majid is back in Kenya, signs for Posta Rangers ahead of next season #FKFPLTransfers https://t.co/59vY6655rt— Mozzart Sport Kenya (@MozzartSportKe) August 28, 2021 True to his rumblings, the former Wazito tactician was vindicated by statistics as only one team out of the seventeen – Vihiga United – scored less than the 25 goals they managed in the thirty two games they played.After being the second least scoring team in the entire league, Okumbi, who has made his frustrations known on past occasions, is all set on correcting his team’s fortunes in the upcoming season by walking the talk.“We have been creating a lot of chances in matches but I have not been happy with our conversion in front of goal. We have created more than ten chances a number of times but we have scored none. It is an area we kept working on and I think we are going to source for reinforcements before the new season starts. I keep telling the boys that you have to take your chances whenever they present themselves in a match,” the head coach told Mozzart Sport.Ezekiel Okare is set to leave Posta Rangers in search of more playtime. The former Sofapaka and Ulinzi Stars striker hasn’t featured much under coach Stanley Okumbi.I hope Batoto ba Mungu sign him, he’s the man that saved them from going down in 2016.#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/ferQ7pQvtq— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) August 27, 2021 As a sign of things to come, the head coach who doubles up as the Harambee Stars U23 head coach has already begun rebuilding for next season by acquiring the services of Sofapaka winger Sammy Imbuye and former Harambee Stars midfielder Victor Majid who have been added to bolster the ranks.Meanwhile, the club has parted ways with striker Ezekiel Okare who is probably seen as a spent cartridge. The forward has seen limited time under coach Okumbi and he opted to walk out In search of more playtime.  

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