Tanzania, July 15 -- Dar es Salaam. Young Africans (Yanga) are facing a crucial challenge ahead of the new season as the club's leadership works to ensure three foreign players remain with their respective loan clubs in order to free up foreign player slots for new signings.

The Mainland Tanzania champions are keen to strengthen their squad before the start of the 2026/2027 campaign, but their plans depend largely on the future of three players currently on loan.

The players are Ivorian defender Mohammed Doumbia, who recently joined South African Premier Soccer League side Marumo Gallants, Chadian winger Celestin Ecua, who has signed for Algerian club JS Kabylie on loan, and Guinean midfielder Moussa Balla Conte, who has completed a loa...