AFC Leopards boss Patrick Aussems has disclosed that he renewed his contract with AFC Leopards by a further two years because he wants to enjoy playing in front of the club supporters.Fans have not been able to watch league games live since March 2019 when the first COVID-19 case was reported in the country. Barring public gatherings has been one of the ways employed to curb the spread of the killer virus that has so far claimed close to five million lives globally.Aussems took charge of Leopards in February on a six-month deal and Ingwe were largely impressive throughout the season until the final stages of the campaign where they slipped out of the race and ended up finishing in fourth position in the FKF PL log.VIDEO| A rare video of our goalkeeper, Maxwell during a training session 🔥🤣.01.10.21 – Happy New Month, Ingwe fam! 🙏🎥/Courtesy. pic.twitter.com/EV5FShI9yw— AFC Leopards (@AFCLeopards) October 1, 2021 Despite the late blip, the Belgian was handed a new two-year deal with the club that will keep him at the den until 2023. The former Simba SC head coach has now discussed how and why he opted to remain at the den. He says his desire to play in front of the Ingwe faithful contributed to him staying put.“I faced this situation (COVID-190 for the first time and to be honest it is one of the reasons that I renewed my contract with AFC Leopards because a lot of people told me that we have the best supporters in the country and they are very fanatic and I would like to play games in front of them, I hope that the league managers, I don’t know if it will be possible this season but we will wait and see,” he said during an interview with Madgot TV.Despite losing a big chunk of their key players to rivals at the end of last season, Ingwe began the new season with a shocking 1-0 win over Tusker FC. Next for them is a match against KCB.
