Fathi upbeat about new players
NAPSA Stars coach Mohamed Fathi is confident that the new players signed by the club will fit as the club prepares for both the CAF Confederations Cup and the MTN/FAZ Super Division.
NAPSA Stars have strengthened their squad with the acquisition of five players from Kenya Zambia and Zimbabwe respectively.
The “Pensioners” signed 2019/2020 Buildcon Football Club top scorer Chanda Mushili who has signed a three- year permanent deal with the 2020/2021 CAF Confederation Cup debutants.
Mushili joins Chipolpolo and former Zanaco FC left back, Lawrence Chunga and Zimbabwean central defender Dauda Dennis who have signed two- year and three-year permanent
deals respectively.
NAPSA Stars also signed Kenyan striker Timothy Otieno who has signed a three-year permanent deal from Tusker FC.
In an interview, Fathi said qualifying for the CAF Confederations Cup motivated the team to buy more players to strengthen their team.
“When we qualified for continental games we looked at how to beef up the team so we brought Daudi, he has international experience playing for Zimbabwe and also to cover our players Luka Banda and Luka Nguni and also to have depth on the central defence.
“Lawrence Chungu is a national team player and he played with Zanaco so he has experience and he is a bit younger,” said Fathi.
“In midfield when you look at Collins Sikombe, we thought Jacob Ngulibu who played continental games with Nkana could assist Sikombe, this will also give us depth in midfield.”
Fathi, who was impressed with the way his players represented NAPSA at their various national teams is confident the new players will add value to their new club.
He said Otieno brings depth upfront because Napsa have been struggling in that department since Tapson Kaseba got injured.