Harambee Stars quartet doubtful for World Cup qualifiers
Harambee Stars defender Joseph Okumu (right) dribbles the ball past Mali forward Ibrahima Kone during their Qatar 2022 World Cup qualifying Group E match in Agadir, Morocco on October 7, 2021.
Stars will lock horns with hosts Panthers on Thursday at Franceville Stadium (Stade De Franceville), before facing the Pirates on Monday at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Stadium in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
For Ouma, who plays for AIK in Sweden, the coach said that he had on Sunday talked with his doctor and was waiting for the final word on him while Timbe is nursing a chronic ankle injury
The quartet are among the 28 players whom the Turk had last Friday called to camp to prepare for the World Cup qualifiers
Four key players are a doubt for Kenya’s Harambee Stars in their first two Group “F” 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers against the Panthers of Gabon and Pirates of Seychelles due to injuries.
They are defenders Joseph Okumu, Erick Ouma and Daniel Anyembe and midfielder Ayub Timbe.
