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Bandari has a strong youth team featuring players aged between 13 and 18, but they want to implementing development sides for players aged as early as five years old.
Twahir Muhiddin has revealed Bandari’s plans to implement development sides for children from as early as six to ten years of age, Pulse Sports can confirm.
The Dockers are one of the three FKF Premier League clubs that have placed an emphasis on youth development, alongside Tusker and Kariobangi Sharks in recent years, and it has paid dividends as it has helped produce some good national team players such as Hassan Abdallah.
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05:30 - 20.07.2023
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Muhiddin however, has revealed that the new management are planning to implement development sides for players aged as early as five years so that they can learn the ropes even earlier in order to prepare them for senior football much later.
“Right now, we have a very strong youth team but we want to start implementing development sides for players as early as five years and six years,” Muhiddin said.
“That is development, even though we have a very strong youth team. In our last match of the season (against Nzoia Sugar), I played a young form three boy (William Gitama) because he showed his ability.
“He is taking part in this year’s school games, and has been one of the top goalscorers at the just concluded Mombasa school games.
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“We have five very good youth players already training with the first team. Any time, any one of them can play. I hope to use two or three players for the first team next season.”
Muhiddin has expressed confidence that his side possesses a lot of resources to help make this a reality, given the side is owned by the Kenya Ports Authority, which effectively means it has the ends and the means to implement a successful youth programme.
“The resources are there. We just need to find the necessary support. We offered that idea to our sponsors and we promise that having worked with the youth during the early seventies, I know the benefits of developing the youth players from junior to senior level because most of the youth players I have trained have gone on to play for the national team and professionally.
Muhiddin will be taking the role of general manager for the 2023/2024 season, serving as both head coach and technical director.
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18:48 - 20.07.2023
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