THE off – season break is over for Bulawayo giants Highlanders
Football Club, who kick off their pre – season preparations today.
Bosso technical director Cosmas Zulu yesterday
confirmed that training for the 2017 season gets underway this morning at
Barboufields Stadium.
“Our pre – season programme begins tomorrow (today)
morning at 10 o’clock in the morning at the Barbourfields Stadium outside
grounds. We will however, not be conducting open trials but the trial process
is strictly by invitation only,” Zulu said.
The veteran
Bosso coach, who also doubles up as the club’s goalkeepers coach, will be in
charge of the pre-season training since head coach Erol Akbay is still in
Netherlands while assistant coach Amin Soma – Phiri is attending the on – going
CAF A Coaching course at the Zifa Village in Harare.
Akbay is expected back in the country on 3 February.
Bulawayo City, who also use the outside grounds at
Barbourfields Stadium for their training sessions, kicked off their off –
season preparations yesterday afternoon.
The Amakhosi coach Try Ncube said new players were
welcome to try their luck with the Bulawayo City Council owned team.
“We managed to retain the majority of the players that
were in our books last year but we will not close the door on new players. The
first two weeks we will focus on the players that will be coming for trials to
see if we can unearth some good players to replace those that moved away,”
Ncube said.
Influential skipper Xolisani Moyo, who has since
joined Ngezi Platinum, is one of the players that Bulawayo City will have to
replace if they are to build on last season’s commendable showing when they
finished in mid table on their debut season.
Premiership returnees Bantu Rovers, also start their
preparations this afternoon at Crescent Sports Club.
