Ezekiel Akwana has promised Mathare United fans an exciting season after he was named the new club head coach following Frank Ouna’s departure from the club for Musanze of Rwanda.Akwana, who served as one of Ouna’s assistants as they helped the Slum Boys avoid what looked like an inevitable relegation from the top tier returns to the club that he turned out for and he has been conducting trials in search of talents that will help the team perform better next season.Coach Frank Ouna leaves Mathare United.Furo joined United in May and helped the team avoid relegation from the FKF Premier League.Mathare legend, Ezekiel Akwana is set to take over.#FKFPL pic.twitter.com/AYdcqDZMYf— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) September 6, 2021 He has promised to have a better team that will compete for the title. He is adamant that the team will not battle the drop next season.“I anticipate an exciting season with Mathare and possibly our performance will be good compared to last season. It will be a newly transformed team which will fight to be among the top teams in the league,” he told the Daily Nation.The Slum Boys are yet to resume training and the tactician has been sharpening the players he picked from the trials he has been conducting. On his team’s transfer business, he says he will majorly acquire players from the lower tiers. He believes that there many yet-to-be identified talents in the lower leagues.“The players are still on holiday and I can only assess and announce who to sign and drop after our pre-season training sessions which begin Monday. However, if I have to acquire new players, then they will come from the lower leagues. There are a lot of young talented players in the division two league and other grassroots leagues which can help this team do well,” he added. Mathare United appoint new coach after Ouna departure https://t.co/Rp2SW4VrOF via @MozzartSportKe— Ole Teya (@Kevin_teya) September 11, 2021
