Mathare United set to hire new coach in near future

2008 Kenyan champions Mathare United will look to appoint a head coach from the wide pool of tacticians who have passed through their systems.The club has its activities slowly gathering steam after a long period of inactivity in anticipation for the new season that is set to belatedly kick off mid next month.The club temporarily closed shop in April after halting the training sessions and allowing the players who were at their disposal by then to seek employment elsewhere.##NAJAVA_MECA_6745657##The uncertainty regarding the future of the club saw the then head coach John Kamau leave, creating a gap in the technical bench that the club is hoping to fill in the near future. Kamau joined Posta Rangers two months ago.The club’s Chief Executive Officer Jecton Obure said the management will fish out a new head coach from the long list of coaches who have been moulded by the club.” One of the things that is not bothering us at all is where to get a head coach for we have our products scattered all over. Coaches who have come through our systems have been identifying players for us and ultimately, we will pick one to be our club head coach,” he said.With the club hunting for a new sponsor, Obure revealed that they are looking to assemble a team whose average age is 23 years and bring in a few veterans to guide the rookies.Ogutu confirmed as new Kibera Black Stars head coachHe said the decision to work with young players going forward was informed by the need to secure the future of the club as well avoid the never ending pay disputes emanating from delayed salaries.”We want to work with upcoming players going forward. The future of the club can only be secure if we invest heavily in youthful players. The club wants to work with players whom we can afford to pay on time so that they can fully focus on playing football,” he added.

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