Fans to Expect Changes to Kaya’s Lineup this Offseason Last season’s runner up finish behind them, the front office looks to make some moves before the ACL Preliminary Round.

Kaya FC-Iloilo General Manager Paul Tolentino hinted at a roster shake up ahead of the fast approaching start of the 2021 season.

“There will be a couple [of] changes. Who they are and what they are, we’re still working on right now,” he said. “We still have a decent core of our players that will stick around. In the next few weeks, maybe months, we’ll be able to share little by little who these new players are going to be and which players are going to be staying around as well.”

Having only played eight matches in the entirety of 2020, Kaya are eager to return to a more busy schedule. The team went undefeated in all competitions under Yu Hoshide’s guidance, but narrowly missed out on a first Philippines Football League Title. Although there was no silverware at the end of his first year in charge, the Japanese coach’s bold style of play yielded enough promising moments to suggest that with more time, the team could turn a new and exciting corner.

With the club’s first taste of Champions League football set for April 7, when they take on Australia’s Brisbane Roar in the Preliminary Round, the players to be signed and retained will be participating in Kaya’s first ever run in Asia’s premier competition.

“It’s always been the goal and the target since I took the Kaya job to qualify for the AFC Champions League,” said Tolentino “I’m really excited for the guys. I want them to get a taste of that level of competition and I feel confident that our guys will compete to the best of their ability and give Brisbane Roar a real challenge.”