One day before the Citizen's Week Summit, Yanga's two new stars, defender Chadrack Boka and striker Jean Baleke, have eased the pressure of bosses and fans now that they are sure of being used in the Jangwani squad.< /p>
Initially it was said that Yanga might not use those players in the first matches of the new Premier League season due to the delay in their international transfer documents (ITC) from the clubs they were serving, but that threat seems to have gone and now the Yanga are just preparing to get pleasure.
The stars from DR Congo, have recently been signed, Boka coming from FC Lupopo and Baleke coming from Al Ittihad where he was playing on loan as a player of TP Mazembe, both may miss the preliminary matches of the African Champions League against Vital'O of Burundi that will play in the city of Dar es Salaam
The issue of Baleke, is that Al-Ittihad club of Libya has set a strike to leave ITC, after the striker terminated the one-year loan contract.
Al Ittihad was still in need of Baleke, but the striker was not happy with life in the country and decided to terminate the contract asking Mazembe to settle with Yanga which has already paid everything and allowed the former Simba star to land in the country and remain to settle with the Libyans. That ITC.
However, there is a possibility that Baleke will miss the two preliminary stage matches at home and away against Vital'O of Burundi, as the time to confirm his CAF registration has passed, but if Yanga qualifies then he will play the next matches of the second round
For Boka, it is said that his ITC has arrived since yesterday from FC Lupopo and has already been sent to Yanga, after Lupopo's secretary arrived in Kinshasa the other day and completed the process.
Inside information says, despite Boka's ITC arriving yesterday, he still won't be able to play those matches as his permit was delayed
"If Yanga succeeds in qualifying for that stage then it will join those players in the next game so they will only miss the first two matches which will all be played in this country," said the source from within Yanga
Boka's absence has given place to native Nickson Kibabage, who is currently the coach's choice, as he has been lining up him in many matches since last season before the arrival of Joyce Lomalisa's successor.
