National Super League (NSL) outfit Luanda Villa will be looking to bolster all departments in the team with an emphasis on the forward line ahead of the 2024/2025 season, according to the team’s head coach Gilbert Selebwa.The veteran coach joined the team towards the end of last season and guided them to an eighth place finish when the league’s curtains were drawn.Kenya Police FC set to sign Senegalese striker to replace Tito OkelloMozzart Sport caught up with the former AFC Leopards tactician who now aims to guide Luanda Villa to the top tier and to do so, he has to strengthen his squad and fill the gaps that he identified last season.“We will be on the market in search of new players ahead of the new season. Our aim and purpose, just like any other team, is to gain promotion to the FKF Premier League and to do so, we will need to strengthen our squad across all departments,” said Selebwa##NAJAVA_MECA_8222316##“We had challenges with our forward line and at some point had to put in a defender there as our strikers got injured and so that’s an area that we will need to beef up. We need to have some depth in the squad so that we can be able to deal with the unforeseen challenges,” he addedSelebwa expressed confidence in the ability of his team to gain promotion after seeing them finish at position eight with a lean squad and a small budget. He believes that if he beefs it up and then spiced with some financial stability, they have all it takes to gain promotionMatano returns to Sofapaka after cutting ties with Tusker“The boys have shown that they are able to gain promotion if they get some financial boost and we add more quality. They finished at position eight with all the struggles and that was very impressive. If we manage to sort that then promotion is as good as assured” said SelebwaIn order to make additions to the squad, the team has set aside the 27th and 28th of July as the days where they will conduct trials at their base to identify suitable candidates.
