Nasarawa Utd will perform better next season – Danladi

Chairman of Nasarawa United, Barr. Isaac Danladi has expressed his optimism that the Solid Miners will perform better in the upcoming 2022/23 Nigeria Professional Football League season.

In a statement, Danladi stated this while addressing players and officials shortly after holding a Pre-Season training session at the Jos International Stadium, Plateau State.

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“The close camping here is to enable us have full concentration ahead of the task ahead of us. There’s no cause for alarm based on what I have seen so far.

“We appreciate everyone for the relative peace, and if we continue on this path, the sky will be our limit coming season.

“We are going to work with a manageable size of players this coming Season so that we can properly address the needs of each player on our payroll.

“So, I am here to encourage you and say  that the administration of Governor Abdullahi Sule is solidly behind the team and its members.

“Though it’s election period, but the Governor has assured us that coming Season would be better than the previous ones in the area of both moral and financial support. I am very optimistic that with hardwork  we can surpass our previous  performances by  God’s grace.”

Since making a managerial return to the Club, four seasons ago, Coach Bala Nikyu, has come closest twice to winning the League title, and once to winning the Aiteo Federation Cup.

Under his watch, the Lafia-based side lost a second spot finish on the last day of the 2020/21 League Season which would have equally earned them a CAF Champions League place.

His team also were losing finalists at the 2021 Aiteo Federation Cup, missing a CAF Confederation Cup opportunity by the whiskers to Bayelsa United via spot kicks.

In the 2021/22 NPFL campaign, United overcame the odds to end on 6th position, a position the Club’s gaffer felt was unsatisfactory.