Muyoti addresses key City Stars positions that need strengthening next season

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FOOTBALL Muyoti addresses key City Stars positions that need strengthening next season

Mark Kinyanjui 10:51 - 03.07.2023

The former AFC Leopards captain has addressed areas his side need to strengthen if they are to return to the brilliance of the voided 2021/22 season.

Nairobi City Stars head coach Nicholas Muyoti has pointed out the key positions to address if they are to perform much better next season having survived a relegation scare in the just concluded 2022/2023 FKF Premier League season.

City Stars started the season woefully which nearly cost the former AFC Leopards and Harambee Stars defender cum midfielder his job, but an upturn in form in the second half of the season inspired the side to avoid relegation, securing 15th place on 34 points.

Muyoti revealed his confidence based on what he saw in the second half of the season but believes his team needs additions in critical areas in order to significantly improve.

“When you look into the future, you also have to look in the past, at what has happened and we have been conceding a lot of goals,” Muyoti said.

"We need to work on the defense. We have conceded nine goals in our last three league matches which is not good enough because we are scoring goals to be fair.

“How are we defending? Do we have the players capable of doing that job? That is what we need to ask ourselves heading into the new season. We need to beef up by adding one or two players to make sure our defense is intact.

“We have a solid team that can compete well with the big teams. My main concern is to address the defense issue and maybe one or two midfielders to come in and stabilize the team.”

The 46-year-old tactician guided the team to an impressive fifth-place finish in the now-voided 2021/2022 season, but most of the team was decimated in the close season, which left the team looking practically new with no cohesion at the start of the season. 

Muyoti hopes he will not lose his best players if he is to build on from last season’s scare.