Nzoia Sugar head coach Salim Babu has admitted that his side could lose players and says that they will have to begin their pre-season early in the event that a number of his first team players walk out.Babu is starring at losing over half of his first eleven. Goalkeeper Humphrey Katasi has been liked with KCB, James Kibande, Joseph Mwangi and Kevin Juma are currently training with Tusker FC while Boniface Munyendo and Levis Okello are in Kakamega Homeboyz’s radars. Others with undisclosed offers are Moses Mwale and Vincent Mahiga.Nzoia Sugar FC trio of James Kibande, Kevin Juma and Joseph Mwangi is training with Tusker FC.Also training with the league champions is the 2021 National Super League (NSL) MVP, Portipher Odhiambo who turns out for Kakamega Homeboyz. #FKFPL pic.twitter.com/V1KzBuUwvt— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) July 15, 2022 The former Kisumu All-Stars coach admits that he is not shocked by interest from other clubs in his players but silently wishes that he could keep his team intact for at least one more season after narrowly avoiding relegation from the top tier last season.“There is interest in a number of our players from other teams and I am not really shocked because these boys are very talented, hardworking and they showed that last season. My wish is to keep them for at least one more season but again once a player gets an offer from another team that he thinks is good for him, there is little you can do, we cannot deny them a chance to progress their careers,” he stated.##NAJAVA_MECA_6511958##The tactician is however not sitting on his laurel. He has a plan B in the event that he is left with a big void to fill. He says that they will have to resume pre-season training early so that the new players can settle in fast.“In the event that we lose a number of our current players, it means we will have to replace them with new ones and that means resuming for pre-season early so that we can have more time to look at these players, sharpen them so that when the league starts, they will be ready to play,” he added.It’s battle royale between champs Tusker and Kakamega Homeboyz for Okello’s signatureNzoia Sugar has been the breeding ground for emerging talents for the last few and nearly all premier league players boast of at least one player who has gone through Sudi Stadium.
