Nairobi City Stars CEO Patrick Korir has explained the reasoning and strategy behind the club’s little activity in the just concluded off-season transfer window.Save for Sofapaka who are banned from signing new players, City Stars alongside Kenyan giants AFC Leopards are the clubs that had the fewest players coming in, with both of them signing just five new players going into the new season.MP asks for Victor Wanyama’s ‘unequivocal’ return to Harambee Stars foldThe club’s CEO and veteran sports statistician Korir has now revealed that all that was by design as the club saw it wise to proceed with their project by retaining the majority of the squad that they already had.“We concentrated more on retention for continuity’s sake and only topped up with five players to replace those that left at the end of the last term,” said Korir.##NAJAVA_MECA_8325625##In the end, Simba wa Nairobi signed Brian Opinde from Langas Super Stars FC, James Ssemambo from Bumamuru FC in Burundi, Stephen Bulugu from Muhoroni Youth FC, Andre Kalama from Sofapaka FC and the returning Sven Yidah from South African club Marumo Gallants FC.“The replacements are like-for-like and will take up the slots vacated by the departures at the end of last season,” said the scribe turned administrator.Sofapaka still in trouble as FKF releases off-season transfer listThose who left the club are Dennis Wanjala (Tusker FC), Newton Ochieng (Naivas FC), Samwel Kapen (Gor Mahia), Shem Oluoch (Shabana FC), Sosthenes Idah and Andrew Kisilu.Korir further said that they will be having a smaller squad during the first half of the campaign and monitor performance with additions only expected in the next window on a need basis##NAJAVA_MECA_8326686##“We will start off with a lean squad of 27 players into the new season and will scale it upwards if need be during the next window,” he stated.City Stars who sat out FKF Premier League’s Matchweek One will start their league campaign against Bidco United this Saturday 14 September at Dandora Stadium with kick-off set at 1300 hrs.
