Coach of Rivers United, Stanley Eguma has said that club will resume the new season’s Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) season on Monday, October 31 to enable the team sufficient time to prepare for the domestic campaign and the CAF Champions League competitions.
Players and officials of the club side has been on a three weeks break immediately they were hosted by the state governor, Nyesom Wike who rewarded the team for their performance in the just concluded NPFL season.
Eguma said “I have sent words to all my players that they are all expected back in Port Harcourt on Monday for the start of the next season’s preparations.
“We do not have much time to waste again and we want to resume early this term so that we can have enough time for ourselves. We are going to play in three competitions next season and we must be both physically and mentally ready too to achieve our set goals.’’