APR says will not buy players in January

League leaders APR FC have no intentions to buy new players during the January transfer window, the club says.According to the club spokesperson George Gatete, the record 13-times league champions will not rush into the midseason transfer activities because they have a big enough squad to compete for trophies this season. “We will see but we have no intentions of buying other players because we have a squad of 27 players and the coach thinks the players he has are good enough to see us through the season,” he said.But he hastened to add: “Well, you never know dynamics of football, things could probably change in a matter of hours, but for now we have no intentions to buy.” “We have two players coming back from injury and for us they will be like two new signings,” he said in reference to striker Farouk Ruhinda and midfielder Eric ‘Zidane’ Nsabimana have been out with long term injuries.APR returned to the top of the league table with 30 points, two ahead of the archrivals and reigning champions Rayon Sports, following a 2-1 win against Kiyovu Sports Club on Saturday. Another club that won’t be busy this month is high-flying AS Kigali, according to the head coach Andre ‘Casa’ Gasambungo.The Peace Cup holders are in third in the league, two points adrift of second-placed Rayon, but Gasambungo believes his team is well placed to continue their push for their first league title.“We have the players who can make a difference and we know they can do even better; we only need to work hard and prepare well ahead of the second round and the CAF Confederation Cup,” Casa told this paper on Friday. The relatively modest City of Kigali side will face Burundi’s Academia Tchite in the two-legged qualifying round of the 2014 CAF Confederation. The two sides will square off in the first leg on the weekend of February 8- 9 in Kigali and then in Bujumbura a week later. AS Kigali, who will be featuring in the competition for the second time having made their debut in 2001, are one of the few local teams that are exclusively composed of Rwandan players – along with APR and Police FC. Last season, they finished in sixth position with 36 points.