Kenyan internationals Eric ‘Marcelo’ Ouma and Collins Sichenje have kickstarted their pre-season preparations with their Swedish side AIK in Portugal ahead of the start of the 2023 campaign.Despite missing on the first two pre-season friendlies as AIK beat Sollentuna FK 2-1 and Täby FK 3-1, Sichenje is part of the 26 players that traveled to Portugal over the weekend.Kenyan trio in Sweden to face Brentford in a friendly next monthOn the other hand, Ouma featured in both matches while Henry Meja, on the other hand, was sent on loan to Norrby and hit the ground running with a goal on his debut.As part of their preparations ahead of the Swedish Cup set to continue in February starting with Group Stages on February 18, the Stockholm-based club has lined up three friendly matches in the first ten days of the month in Algarve, Portugal where they will be for their camp.##NAJAVA_MECA_6988960##They will face off against Danish side Bröndby IF on February 3, then take on Brentford three days later before wrapping the preparations against another Danish club Copenhagen FC on February 10.”AIK Football’s men’s team arrived late on Saturday evening in the Algarve in Portugal, where they will conduct a training camp for the next two weeks before the long-awaited start of the competitive season. A number of training sessions are planned by the coaching staff and three matches in the Atlantic Cup 2023 are also on the schedule,” the club confirmed.‘Marcelo’ features as Sichenje misses AIK’s preseason victoryThe club further confirmed that during the training camp, the head coach Andreas Brännström is expected to name both his team captain and his assistant team captain for the 2023 campaign.
