EXCLUSIVE: Kajiado suspend coach Francis Xavier over poor performance

Struggling National Super League (NSL) outfit Kajiado has suspended head coach Francis Xavier, Mozzart Sport can confirm.Xavier faced the axe after joining the club at the start of the second leg when he took over the mantle from Martin Mutembei, who resigned.The veteran trainer, who has coached three teams this season, was handed his dismissal letter a few days ago and was not on the touchline as the club dispatched bitter neighbours Dimba Patriots 3-2 on Saturday.##NAJAVA_MECA_8140594##The former AFC Leopards midfielder was at the helm of Mara Sugar during the first leg before he left to take over the assistant coach role at Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) side Sofapaka, where he stayed for less than a month.In the twenty games that he led the team, he managed two wins and two draws, while the rest of the duels have all ended in defeats, leading the club to part ways with the former KCC, Shabana, and Leopards midfielders.Kajiado remains eighteenth in the twenty-team log with 29 points after 34 rounds of league matches and needs to turn their fortunes around soonest if they are to avoid relegation and keep their place, which they bought from Dandora Love.“He (Xavier) is no longer the coach,” an official of the club who spoke off the record told Mozzart Sport.“We have informed him accordingly. He failed to perform and didn’t meet the targets, and the club was headed down the wrong path, so we saw it better to part ways.”AFC Leopards record significant revenue increase but end 2023 with lossApart from Xavier, Kajiado also parted ways with goalkeeper trainer Geoffrey Oputi, who joined from Luanda Villa, and custodians Antony Obonyo and Boaz Opiyo.Meanwhile, club officials Mohammed Osman, Hussein Ali, Abduba Galman, Abdirizak Abdurashid, and Titus Mbatha will oversee the rest of the season.

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