AFC Leopards Secretary General Gilbert Andugu says they have made strides in resolving the matter that has seen ten of their players remain unregistered due to technicalities arising from a FIFA transfer ban that the club is currently under.Leopards are serving a two-window ban for failing to pay their former captain Soter Kayumba his dues. The club will only be able to recruit players at the end of the 2022/23 season and only if they have paid the player in full.##NAJAVA_MECA_6843403##Before the match against Ulinzi, Ingwe released a statement announcing that they are going to miss ten key players in the game. They however still managed to beat Ulinzi 2-0 in the tie. “We would like to inform you that due to unforeseen technicalities, we will be unable to field ten of our players in tomorrow’s FKF Premier League match against Ulinzi Stars FC. This is being addressed, and we expect them to play in the upcoming matches,” read the statement from the club.The ten players locked out are; Emmanuel Lwanga, Ronald Sichenje, Loren James, Victor Otieno, Aboubakar Musha, Nester Olum, Cliff Nyakeya, Josphat Lopaga, Victor Omune, and Musa Oundo. Under normal circumstances, Lwanga, Sichenje, Nyakeya, Oundo and Omune would all start for Ingwe.UPDATE:@AFCLeopards midfielder Musa Saad will be out for 6 weeks after he suffered a fractured ankle in an FKF-PL opening tie against @UlinziStarsFC that was played last Saturday at Ulinzi Sports Complex in Nairobi.#SportsKE| pic.twitter.com/gwdAeUT8hT— Cedrick Siambi (@Siambi_cedrick) November 25, 2022 Without giving details, the club boss says they are making some positive strides toward resolving the matter.“There are positive developments but I do not want to pre-empt or speak about it at this point, we are doing everything possible to resolve the issue once and for all,” he told Mozzart Sport.He added that they are sourcing funds to be used in paying all the former players that they owe to avert further sanctions from the world football governing body.“Most importantly we are looking for money; we want to get enough funds to pay all the former players that we owe so that we can put the FIFA cases behind us. These cases are dragging the club behind and as the office we want them resolved so that the team can move forward,” he added.Olunga strikes again as Duhail book Al Khor in the FIFA Referee Cup final
