By Fred Maingi in NairobiBrazilian duo of Rivaldo and Ernandez Nani are among eight foreign
players whose contracts with Rwanda Police FC have been terminated.
The club has taken the painful decision by offloading all their non
local players to give a chance to the locally bred players.The move
has however received condemnation from a section of Rwanda football
stakeholders who feel the action was harsh and could soil the
relationship with their respective countries.
The Rwanda club believes by releasing the players, the local
players will get a chance to play in the team for both local and
continental matches.
The club Chairman Alphonse Katarebe said he had received many
complains from local players that despite their great potential, they
were unable to plunge into the starting line-up owing to the huge
influx of foreign based players.
“We will use only local players next season and that is why we
have decided to release all foreign players.”said Katerebe.
“We want to give a chance to Rwandan players. Though it is a tough
decision which will even see our team struggle for some time, but long
term dividends will be satisfactory,” he noted.
The foreign players who have been released include Burundian trio of
Gilbert Kaze,Jean d’Amour Nkurunziza, and Harerimana Moussa, Uganda’s
Alimansi Kadogo, Deo Othieno and Salim,
The MTN peace Cup finalists went close to winning the league as
they finished in the second place but the team failed to win two
matches out of three they were remaining with to win the first ever
trophy.
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