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NPFL 2022/23 : Sunshine Stars Eye Positive Starts Away At Doma United, Reveal 14 New Signings
Edith Agoye will probably be bidding to make a superb begin to his reign as Sunshine Stars gaffer when the Owena Whales tackle newly promoted aspect, Doma United on the Pantami Stadium, Gombe on match day one of many 2022/23 NPFL season.
The Owena Whales are eager to get off to a flyer and positively fancy their probabilities going into the sport on Sunday, nevertheless Agoye shouldn’t be getting carried away by the gulf between his aspect and the Savannah Tigers by way of class and pedigree.
“Sunshine Stars is without doubt one of the largest soccer golf equipment in Nigeria as everyone knows, however It received’t be a simple recreation towards Doma United; Doma is a group that simply bought promoted to the premier league, so they are going to be properly motivated. However we’re right here for a objective; we will probably be very aggressive tomorrow and battle for each factor in an effort to get the the three most factors.” The previous Taking pictures Stars handler stated, throughout a pre-match session with Sunshine Stars Media on the Pantami.
Sunshine Stars have been largely decimated within the off season with the departure of key gamers resembling hitman, Leonard Ugochukwu, Anthony Anioke, Ikenna Cooper, Chigozie Chilekwu, Onyeka Nwaiwu, Japhet Opubo, however, Agoye is upbeat that the hassle at revamping the aspect will yield within the new marketing campaign.
“It’s very clear that main gamers left on the finish of final season, however now we have been in a position to do an excellent job in bringing in new gamers and the time we have been afforded now we have put it to an excellent use and we’re assured that now we have a group on floor now that may compete and get outcomes for Sunshine Stars”
Certainly, the Akure landlords have had fairly a busy switch window with the acquisition of some thrilling abilities, whereas some core gamers from final season resembling Temitope Vincent, Mustapha Lawal, Azeez Ajagbe, Michael Olalusi, Ejike Uzoechi, Mutiu Dauda, Sunday Abe, Jide Jimoh, Samson Olasupo, David Ariyo, Promise Awosanmi, Kehinde Adeyemi and Habib Yakub are nonetheless very a lot within the fold.
The opening spherical is coming too early for Ajagbe, Dauda, Olasupo and Abe who’re all battling well being or health points for the time being, although a couple of others nonetheless want some extra time to impress the brand new boss.
Given the health points with a few of the previous guards, the match day one rooster is dominated by the brand new boys with 14 of them known as up for the journey to the Northeast. They’re:
Goalkeeper:
Joseph Okonkwo joined from Ijebu United
Defenders:
Ekerete Udom joined from Dakkada
Dennis Iwuoha joined from Apex Krane
Imo Ikemdinachi joined from Apex Krane
Seun Olulayo joined from Rangers
Emmanuel Ogbuagu joined from Dakkada
Andrew Abalogu joined from Heartland
Midfielders:
Achi Nnaemeka joined from Apex Krane
Joshua Akhabue joined from Lobi Stars
Muritala Lawal joined from Dakkada
Mafeng Pam joined from Plateau United
Attackers:
Stephen Chukwude joined from Akwa United
Ibrahim Yusuf joined from Remo Stars
Abdulrahman Bashiru joined from ABS
The Membership will look to announce different new gamers and unveil all of them collectively in time for the primary dwelling recreation of the season towards Rivers United on Wednesday.
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