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Tadious Manyepo
Zimpapers Sports Hub
CAPS United president Farai Jere says the Green Machine are almost done with new signings for the first half of the 2026 season after securing eight high-profile signatures.
Makepekepe, on 38 points on the table, aren’t entirely safe from relegation going into the last three games of the season.
But Jere believes the Harare giants have already sealed their Premiership status in a year the relegation dog-fight has been awkwardly fragile.
“A club like CAPS United should have a solid recruitment policy to go with our mantra and what we stand for. We have to bring in the best players like what we’ve done in the past when we succeeded in the league.”
He said if the players’ welfare was being taken care of in the first half of the season, like is the case now, they would be fighting for the championship.
Now, all eyes are on next season.
“We have paid the signing-on fees and everything. The players already have their contracts right now. And I’ve got confidence in them.
“We will retain about 90 percent of those at the club right now.”
He said a lot of unethical things, including betting on the part of some players, might have affected their season. Jere revealed that they will be beefing up their technical team, which is currently under Zambian gaffer Ian Bakala.
“We will have an expansive technical set-up with strikers’ coaches, set-piece coaches and performance analysts. We already have Joseph Kamwendo who is with the juniors. He will be in charge of developing our philosophy and he will be sitting on the bench for the seniors.”
While Jere decided to keep the identity of the eight players who are joining Makepekepe, Zimpapers Sports Hub understands the Ngezi Platinum duo of Richard Hachiro and Obriel Chirinda as well as FC Platinum goalkeeper Wallace Magalane are on their way to Harare.
Mathew Masinge