The AFC Leopards technical bench can rest easy as the experienced trio of Eugene Mukangula, Tedian Esilaba and Kingsley Olaniyi have extended their stay at the den.The three senior players have penned season-long deals with the club that is understood to be loaded having penned a lucrative deal with a new shirt sponsor last week.Omondi dreaming big after ditching middling Rangers for title chasing KCBMukangula who doubles up as the club skipper will consequently become the longest serving player in the unit having joined June 2018 from the defunct Thika United.Esilaba, a central defender joined the club in February last year from Nairobi City Stars while Olaniyi was tapped from Kakamega Homeboyz after falling down in the pecking order.”We are pleased to announce that Mukangula, Esilaba and Olaniyi have extended their stay with the club. They have signed one-year contracts each that will keep them at the den until August 2023,” read a post from the club.The decision by the management to tie the trio to new deals comes at a time when the club is grappling to clear its name off the FIFA’s red list that means that, the outfit is ineligible to sign new players.##NAJAVA_MECA_6548857##The transfer ban has seen the club turn to the youth team and promoted a number of youngsters who have gone to prove themselves at the top league.Last month, Leopards handed the duo of Collins Shivachi and Robert Mudenyu new deals with Maxwell Mulili also accepting a lengthy stay with the club.
