Nairobi City Stars have been handed a timely boost ahead of the resumption of the FKF Premier League after the international break following the recovery of Oliver Maloba.The attacking midfielder is expected to be back in training from mid-October, or thereabout, according to Nairobi City Stars team physio Brian Otieno Odongo.Maloba was injured while away on international duty with Emerging Stars in Ethiopia and as a result, missed City Stars’ last six premier league games with a thigh injury.#ActionOfTheDay: Oliver ‘Oli’ Maloba this season has played on the left, or the right as well as behind the striker in our attack. Which position do you think our #21 has been more effective in?Full video on YouTube ⤵️https://t.co/7yntfOMJxR#𝕊𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕒𝕎𝕒ℕ𝕒𝕚𝕣𝕠𝕓𝕚 pic.twitter.com/icO28PR7UD— Official Nairobi City Stars Fc (@NrbCityStars) April 26, 2021 According to the team coordinator Samson Otieno, the speedy player has been under the careful watch of both the national team doctor as well as the club doctor.“He has been under observation by the national team Doctor as well as the team physio and is getting better as the weeks go by,” Otieno said.While giving an update on the injury, Odongo said that there has been progress with the pain in Maloba’s affected area, and he could make a return to training in mid-October.“He has been on rehab and has about three weeks to go. He had some pain on the affected area but that has been progressively reducing. We expect him to join the rest of the team in training by mid-October,” Odongo highlighted.Duncan Otieno ditches AFC Leopards days after rejoining the club. The Kenyan International is set to be unveiled by Zambian side Lusaka Dynamos later today #StarsAbroad pic.twitter.com/xfWWl2Twda— Jeff Kinyanjui (@Nyash88) November 14, 2020 Maloba, who featured in 25 games for Simba wa Nairobi, scoring twice and setting up another, is looking forward to making a comeback after some time out of action.“I am recovering well and hope that I’ll be back in the projected three weeks as stated by the physio,” Maloba told the club’s portal.Nairobi City Stars Attacking Midfielder Oliver Maloba is among the players called up to the provisional Harambee Stars squad that will go into camp in preparation for Egypt and Togo 2021 African Cup of Nations qualifiers towards the close of March 2021. pic.twitter.com/bTEP2ymjLg— Jeff Kinyanjui (@Nyash88) February 2, 2021
