Nairobi City Stars CEO Patrick Korir has explained why the club settled on Nicholas Muyoti as head coach following the departure of Sanjin Alagić in July.The position of head coach at the club was rendered vacant when Alagic stepped down from his position due to family reasons and returned to Bosnian. Assistant coach John Amboko handled the team until the end of the 2020/21 season.Simba wa Nairobi then raided Homeboyz for coach Nicholas Muyoti who has so far started his tenure at the club well. Korir has now explained why they went for the former Kenyan international. He says Muyoti’s ability to motivate the players was a key factor that they considered before giving him a chance to lead the team. He also believes that Muyoti is ambitious enough to lead the team to the next level.EXCL: Nicholas Muyoti is the new Nairobi City Stars head coach.He takes over from Sanjin Alagic who resigned July.The former Oserian FC, Zetech University FC, Thika United and Nzoia Sugar FC coach will be deputised by club legend John Amboko.#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/MLyxV3T7SA— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) August 30, 2021 “We knew we had a good team that was ready to compete with the best and we needed a coach who can motivate them and has the ambition to move the club forward. Muyoti is doing just that,” he told Citizen.City Stars have started the season well and currently they sit in the third position, with 13 points, one off leaders Gor Mahia and Korir says the goal is to finish in a better position than they did last season. Simba wa Nairobi managed a seventh-place finish in the last campaign after amassing a total of 45 points.“We are ready to compete with the best in the league and our target is to improve on our position from last season,” Korir said.Next for City Stars is a home match against an equally in form Ulinzi Stars FC.Kakamega Homeboyz duo of Nicholas Muyoti and Shami Kibwana named FKF Premier League July coach and player of the month respectively.Shami scored eight goals in six matches in a month that Homeboyz won five of their six games.#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/xNZZmcapii— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) August 25, 2021 One of the standout players for City Stars this season has been Timothy Ouma who made his national team debut against Uganda on Thursday and Muyoti in an earlier interview had lauded the youngster.“He is a Harambee Stars prospect. He is a very talented young player with a very bright future ahead of him and I am confident that he will be a future key player for the national team. He has the talent and it is now a matter of giving him the right education so that he can realize his full potential,” he stated.
