If you have been keen enough, you might have realized that there are new faces in the Harambee Stars technical bench preparing the team for the Four Nations tournament in Mauritius.Coach Engin Firat has been working with a backroom staff constituted by local personnel but the Turkish tactician has beefed it up by incorporating new expertise.##NAJAVA_MECA_7312201##Firat will be deputized by Kenan Atik with William Muluya and Kennedy Odhiambo serving as the other assistants.Atik, is a UEFA Pro coaching license holder who has handled a couple of clubs in Turkey including, Denizlispor.Both Muluya and Odhiambo joined the Stars technical bench in October 2020 as part of coach Jacob ‘Ghost’ Mulee’s backroom staff although the former Sofapaka coach had worked with the national team before.Day 3 📌Cracking the Code: There are some new faces in camp 🤔 can you spot them?#HarambeeStars pic.twitter.com/ZDx19DZ6Jl— Harambee Stars (@Harambee__Stars) June 8, 2023 Adem Koyuncu is the new Stars physiotherapist, replacing Enos Karani who had also been with the team since October 2020. Karani is attached to Tusker at club level.Tolgahan Tuglu, who Firat spoke highly of, regarding his network and experience, will be the team manager going forward.”We took an extra assistant coach. He knows me well and shares my vision. He is good at developing young players. His job will not be in the senior team but also coming up with structures for the junior teams,” said Firat when queried on the role of the new assistant.Firat, said the new team manager will be tasked with fostering the team’s relationship with the outside world with a view of exposing the Kenyan players to high profile matches outside the region.”He is very experienced in international football. He will bring new and international relations to the team. At the moment, we are enclosed in the East African region. We have to put our name more out there,” he stated.Harambee Stars coach sheds light on talk with recalled OmalaMeanwhile, Stars held their Friday training session at the Mpesa Foundation’s artificial surface in Thika before proceeding to State House for the Talanta Hela launch.The decision to train on the astroturf was informed by the fact that the tournament ahead will be playing on a similar surface.
