Nineteen-time Kenyan champions Gor Mahia are sweating over the strength of players they will field in CAF Confederation Cup assignments next month.K’Ogalo’s impressive new signings were not registered for the continental jamboree, meaning the club will make do with remnants from last season who finished a disappointing 8th in the FKF Premier League.“It is true that by the time CAF deadline for registering players reached we were still under a FIFA ban so we could not register our new players. We will make do with the ones we had before the ban and hopefully they will give us desired results,” Gor Mahia chairman Ambrose Rachier saidGor Mahia sign:Striker Sando Yangayay from DRC Aguila on a two-year deal. Goalkeeper Adama Keita from Mali on a two-year deal. Midfielder Peter Oudu on a three-year deal. #TheGamePlan pic.twitter.com/CmyUOd7AUq— Carol Radull (@CarolRadull) September 23, 2021 While the eligible squad for the second round of CAF Confederation Cup is decent enough to compete on the pitch respectably in the continent’s 2nd tier club championships, it is highly doubtful that K’Ogalo retain meaningful wherewithal to navigate the African terrain after using up their cash reserves to clear outstanding salaries that landed the club in hot soup.Rachier defended the club and attributed the clubs latest financial struggles to the debilitating effects of novel Corona virus.“Most of the players who sued us left because of the Covid-19 pandemic. There was no football and no revenue for the club so we were not doing well. They asked to leave and we parted ways on mutual consent only for them to turn around and file cases which left us staring at very huge bills,” added hePeter Lwasa (Ugandan) from K. Sharks is now part of Gor Mahia… the forward player has been in Kenya for a while now – at Sharks and Sofapaka. pic.twitter.com/PIoe1rDZe1— Tony Anelka (@tonyanelka) September 18, 2021 Tanzanian attacker Dickson Ambundo claimed the biggest chunk of the monies Gor Mahia were forced to pay with Ghanaian midfielder Stephen Owusu, Ugandan left back Shafik Batambuze and coach Steven Pollack also getting their payments.Prevailing financial struggles saw the team lose cogs like Kenneth Muguna, Charles Momanyi and Karim Abdoul with Tito Okelo’s status unknown.New coach Mark Harrison has blooded in new signings into the team but will need good fortune in their usually feisty continental games. Ex Wazito left back Dennis Ng’ang’a is now a Gor Mahia player.#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/AQkrUKvCEg— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) September 18, 2021 New arrivals including Dennis Ng’ang’a, signed from Wazito, returnee Boniface Omondi, Peter Lwasa from Kariobangi Sharks and two-goal hero of the opening day Benson Omala steered K’Ogalo to an emphatic victory over last season’s runners up KCB.They will however sit out the continental assignment until the group stage, if Gor Mahia emerge victorious in the 2nd Round and the Play-off.Other new signings who will spectate the CAF games from the stands include striker Sando Yangayay, goalkeeper Adama Keita and midfielder Peter Oudu.
