Nicholas Muyoti is set to join Harambee Stars’ new technical bench under Benni McCarthy as FKF strengthens the national team setup.
Nicholas Muyoti is in line to be drafted into the new Harambee Stars’ technical bench that will be led Benni McCarthy.
South African McCarthy is expected to arrive in the country on Thursday to sign a contract and Muyoti, the former Nairobi City Stars coach, is touted as his assistant according to sources privy to the discussions.
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McCarthy has already agreed to bring in former Bafana Bafana custodian Joseph Moeneeb as goalkeeper trainer, and Vasili Manousakis as assistant coach, but Football Kenya Federation (FKF) will further beef up the technical bench with local assistants according to a source that sought anonymity as revealed by Flashscore.
Victor Wanyama has hinted at where he is likely to play next as he weighs his options from a number of several offers on his table.
“While he (McCarthy) will come with his technical staff, we will add one or two local coaches to his technical staff, and so far, I can confirm that Nicholas (Muyoti) will join the technical team. He is one of those, who were targeted for the role, and he will come in as one of the assistants to support the new technical bench.”
Muyoti, 47, has been approved to be part of McCarthy’s technical bench following his recent resignation as coach of ‘Simba Wa Nairobi’. Muyoti will help the new coach settle in quickly because of his farmiliarity with the local league and players, as well as his invaluable experience.
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South African legend Benni McCarthy has reportedly decided on the men who will join his technical bench when he takes over as Harambee Stars coach.
FKF President Hussein Mohammed hinted at changes in the technical bench going by his social media post.
“I held fruitful discussions with Sports Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya and Permanent Secretary Peter Tum regarding the progress of renovations on our sports facilities in readiness for the 2024 Africa Nations Championships (CHAN), preparations for our national teams’ upcoming assignments and governance reforms within the federation,” wrote Mohammed.
“We also discussed ways of strengthening the Harambee Stars technical bench and ensuring they have the necessary tools needed to guide the team successfully.”
Muyoti played for AFC Leopards and Thika United in the Kenyan Premier League before moving to Singapore, where he signed for Sporting Afrique in 2006 and was named the captain. He later quit Sporting Afrique and moved to Churchill Brothers and then to Sporting Clube de Goa for the 2007 season.
However, he was forced to leave the Flaming Oranje in 2008 due to an injury that had ruled him out for eight months. Muyoti returned to Thika United for a season in 2008 then made moves in each of the next seasons to Sher Karuturi, Sofapaka FC. before finally returning ‘home’ to AFC Leopards in 2011 where he decided to hang his boots as a player at the close of that season.