After releasing thirteen players on various grounds, Football Kenya Federation Premier League side Nairobi City Stars have acquired seven youngsters in a bid to fill in the voids left in the team.The 2017-2018 Kenyan Premier League season’s Most Valuable Player Michael Madoya headlined the long list of players who were let go by the club that will be in the third term at the top level since regaining promotion back in 2020.##NAJAVA_MECA_6588060##The club, in a statement said a handful of the players left upon running out their contracts while others had secured better packages elsewhere, with a small chunk leaving on mutual consent.City Stars head coach Nicholas Muyoti said he had scouted and brought in seven players from the lower tiers in line with the club’s policy of giving upcoming players an opportunity to showcase their talents at the top level.Muyoti keen on retaining ‘goalden oldie’ Ezekiel Odera at City StarsAlthough, the former Thika United coach declined to reveal the identities of the arsenals he had acquired given the ongoing negotiations, he said he was satisfied with their quality and tipped them to flourish in the league despite lacking the experience.”We have seven new and young players in the team. We released a big number and therefore, we had to equally bring in many. The difference is, this time round, we have gone for young players as the club has a plan of giving them a chance to not only play at the top level but also, to market themselves out there, ” he said.Muyoti, while dismissing a suggestion that the club is likely to replicate last season’s performance owing to the wholesome changes said the team’s core was still intact.The former Kakamega Homeboyz gaffer said the presence of the experienced trio of Ezekiel Odera, Anthony Kimani and Peter Opiyo as well as the other senior players who survived the axe indicates that the team’s backbone is strong.High Court allows former Kenyan international Taiwo to register Migori United as a limited companyHe said the senior players had simplified his job by holding the youngster’s hands in the training sessions they have had together and called on them to continue offering assistance to the greenhorns in the league.”Our objective is to better last season’s performance and the overall result. The changes we have made will not affect the course at all as I have the senior players who always make my work easier for they know how to make the rest of the team to perform well, ” he said.
