Niger Tornadoes Bala happy with new recruits

Niger Tornadoes head coach Abubakar Bala believes his side

recruited the best players for the 2017/18 Nigeria Professional

Football League (NPFL) season due to kick off on Sunday,

January 14.

The Ikon Allah Boys are currently on Christmas and New Year

holidays and will resume activities on Wednesday, January 3.

Bala said the essence of the recruitment and preseason build-up

phase is to ensure the side perform far better than it did in the

previous season.

“We recruited 18 players, dropped 21 and retained 19 for the

upcoming football season.

“We recruited quality players to add value to our squad,

especially in our attack which was our weakest point last

season.

“Already the new recruits have shown their class the pre-season

tournaments – the Gold Cup and the Ahlan Cup 2017.

“The team is stronger now compared with what we had last

season.

“We attracted quality players from the best club sides in the

country, including Enyimba, Akwa United, Plateau United, Lobi

Stars and Rivers United.