Only nine players showed up for today’s Gor Mahia training at Camp Toyoyo, raising eyebrows.K’Ogalo are preparing for the next Kenyan football season and are planning to play a series of friendlies over the weekend.According to the team manager Jolawi Obondo, the low turnout in today’s training is by design. “This was according to the coach’s program,” said the long-serving team manager, adding that, “the session was mostly involving defenders.””The coach (Jonathan McKinstry) has been doing this regularly if he wants to focus on a particular area of training and it should not be a course of concern for any person.”##NAJAVA_MECA_6642891##Gor Mahia will take on Police FC in the first friendly of the weekend at Camp Toyoyo on Saturday. The team will then travel to Nyeri’s Kinungi Stadium the following day to face Marafiki FC in the second build-up match.The team was in Mombasa last week where they played against Premier League counterparts Bandari FC, losing 2-1.Former Football Kenya Federation, FKF president Nick Mwendwa recently urged teams to prepare for the 2022/23 football season. Nick Mwendwa announces return of football in ‘one month’