AFC Leopards chairman Dan Shikanda has convinced his players to end a day-long strike without giving them money. There were reports the players were considering forfeiting Friday’s Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Premier League match away to Bandari in Mombasa but Shikanda has now talked them out of that move. “The chairman told us that the club has no money and we should persevere until the end of this month at least,” a player told Nairobi News off the record. “We’ve had fruitful talks with the players and they have agreed to train and play,” the club’s treasurer Maurice Chichi added. In what might have been a new experience for Belgian coach Patrick Aussems, Leopards players downed their tools on Tuesday, refusing to board their brand new bus for training at Kenya Cinema pick-up point, within Nairobi’s CBD.

Source: Daily Nation February 18, 2021 08:26 UTC