Former Kenya Police head coach Francis Barasa and his assistant Salim Babu have emerged as favorites to take over as head coach at struggling Football Kenya Federation Premier League (FKFPL) side Shabana.A source at Shabana Fc told Mozzartsport the club hierarchy is leaning more towards Babu who is expected to resign and join the team on Thursday.##NAJAVA_MECA_7738460##“He is expected to resign from his current position anytime and join Shabana as everything has been agreed on but in case things don’t go as planned then Barasa will take over,” said our source.The club had promised early this week to name a substantive head coach to end their bad run in the league.Shabana expected to name new coach this weekIn a statement issued by the club’s secretary general, Elizaphan Kerama, the team acknowledged concerns surrounding the club’s underwhelming performance and emphasized the urgency to turn things around.The statement was issued on the back of another 2-0 loss suffered by Shabana last weekend against Kakamega Homeboyz.The loss meant that Shabana has only won two matches out of 14 played so far.“To address these pressing issues, Shabana is taking a series of decisive actions, with the first being the appointment of a new senior coach.”We have finalized the process of appointing the senior coach, who will be named within this week to fill the vacancy left by Sammy Okoth,” Kerama said.Okoth had a hard time at Shabana despite leading them to earn promotion after a 17-year wait as he won just one match in ten outings and he was forced to throw in the towel.Labour court nullifies Ksh 2.5 Million award to Clifton Miheso, cites lack of tribunal powersWhoever takes over at the club will have the pressure to turn around the bad results in a short time to ensure the club can remain in the top league next season.
