Rivers United na gina ƙungiya mai ƙarfi don kamfen ɗin CAF Champions League da ke tafe, inda shahararrun 'yan wasa daga Nigeria Premier Football League suka shiga ƙungiyar manaja Finidi George kafin bugu na 2026/2027.
Daga cikin fitattun zuwan akwai Ekene Awazie, tsohon kyaftin da ɗan wasan gefen Enyimba, da Imo Obot, ƙwararren ɗan wasan bugun tsayawa wanda ya wakilci Abia Warriors kuma an gayyace shi zuwa Super Eagles. Tun da farko, su biyun suna kawo kwarewar NPFL mai yawa zuwa ƙungiyar dake Port Harcourt.
Salman Abubakar, wanda ya buga a Enyimba a matsayin mai tsaron tsakiya a kakar da ta gabata, ya canja zuwa Pride of Rivers — mataki da ke ƙara yawan zaɓuɓɓuka a tsakiyar filin wasan Rivers United.
Raƙuman 'yan wasa masu zuwa
Ƙoƙarin sanya hannu ya wuce waɗannan uku. Mai tsaron Innocent Gabriel, wanda ya buga don Abia Warriors a kakar da ta gabata, ya sanya hannu, haka kuma ƙwarren tsaron Kano Pillars Muktar Mohammed. Ɗan wasan tsakiya na Plateau United Chinechem Ugueze wani sabon fuska ne, tare da ɗan wasan hagu na Bayelsa United da ya sauka Ubong Williams.
Wanda ya kammala jerin masu zuwa shi ne ɗan wasan tsakiya Alex Oyowah, wanda ya sake shiga Rivers United bayan kakar wasa biyu tare da Remo Stars — dawowar da aka yi maraba da ita daga wanda ya riga ya san abin da ake buƙata a ƙungiyar.
Duk 'yan wasan da suka shigo sun fara horar da kansu tare da mafi kusa da gasar NPFL ta 2025/2026 a Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium a Omagwa, kusa da Port Harcourt.
Shugaban kafofin watsa labarai na ƙungiyar, Charles Mayuku, ya tabbatar da cewa za a fitar da sanarwa ta hukuma nan ba da jimawa ba.
"Za a fitar da sanarwa ta hukuma nan ba da jimawa ba."
