Boniface Ambani Explains Why AFC Leopards Would Never Sell to a Kenyan Club Under His Watch

As the season heads into its final months, a number of clubs are already on the look out for new talents to strengthen their squads but for AFC Leopards chairman Boniface Ambani, his players are out of bounds.

The Leopards supremo maintains that his players will no longer be traded locally when he is in charge because he does not see what else such talents would be gaining were he to sanction a move.

Ambani will therefore only allow transfers to clubs outside Kenya as he feels those are the kind of moves that can make a huge difference in the players’ lives and careers.

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“If any club outside there feels like we have a player that they can use in their squad then definitely,” Ambani told SPM Sports.

“I cannot stop any AFC Leopards player from looking for greener pastures but the only time I will allow any player to leave the club is when they are going outside the country.

“If you tell me that there is any team that wants to sign you in Kenya, I will say no. I will not allow that. If any player gets a chance to go outside even for trials, I will give him that space.”

“I will let them go because it will be opening ways for other younger players or those who do not play regularly to get their chance to perform,” he went on.

The former Leopards and Yanga striker maintains that Ingwe is a giant club locally whose players should be proud to don the blue and white jersey while he is in the process of making it so attractive that no one would even consider leaving.

“Playing for AFC Leopards is the epitome of Kenyan football. So what else are you looking for [at another Kenyan club]?” he posed.

“So we will strive to make everything better for them. I want to make AFC Leopards one of the best clubs in Africa so that no player can think of leaving. You play here, get your money, live well,” added Ambani, while pointing to other African leagues that have managed to retain their top talents.

“If you go to South Africa, the number of players playing outside is very low because they earn good money there, same thing in Egypt and Morocco. We just need to make it better,” he said.

Ambani’s challenge now is walking the talk given players’ ambitions vary as there might be some who would feel that they have a better chance of winning silverware away from the success-starved Ingwe, whose last trophy was nine years ago, and lifted their last league title in 1998.