Harare — MOST of the senior players at Dynamos were conspicuous by their absence when the rebuilding Premiership soccer giants held their second full training session at Hellenics yesterday.

Dynamos started training on Monday but until yesterday some of the players who played for the club last season had not yet turned up.

Only assistant player/coach Callisto Pasuwa, Trymore Mtisi and utility player Leo Kurauzvione were the only notable players present when The Herald visited Hellenics yesterday around midday.

Francis Chandida and James Matola have already left the club while other players like Norman Maroto, Romeo Kabesha, Lenny Gwata, Tapfumanei Gweshe, and Munyaradzi Mashiri were expected to have been training yesterday.

The Herald understands that some of the senior players came to watch the training session on Monday but wanted to be paid outstanding bonuses from last season while others demanded signing on fees.

Dynamos' director of coaching Sunday Chidzambwa and his lieutenants yesterday continued with their training session with the unheralded players whom they have been recruiting since last year.

More than 60 enthusiastic players, hopeful of donning the famous blue and white jersey, attended the training session yesterday.

"We have many players here as you can see. At the moment we have not yet decided how many players will be taken.

"But maybe by Friday we will have a clearer picture," said Chidzambwa.

The former Warriors coach, who had been spearheading the recruitment of players at the former champions, said they had a mixed bag of players in the large pool.

"Some of the players are good but of course there are others who think they can make it.

"We are still assessing the players and there is even one group with potentially good players which has gone for roadwork," said Chidzambwa.

But before Chidzambwa could shed more light into state of the club's playing personnel, Dynamos chairman Morrison Sifelani said The Herald was not welcome at their training session.

Sifelani accused the Press, in particular The Herald, of allegedly destroying Dynamos.

"I'm sorry to say this but you are not welcome here and please leave us alone.

"You (The Herald) have been working to destroy us since we got into office and we do not know why.

"The other time you wrote that Sifelani is being barred from holding office in courts yet when I went to the court registrar they aren't any papers served to that effect," said Sifelani.

He said people who were trying to oust him from office were not pleased when the founder members assumed control of the club.

"And those people who claim to be members are also the same group who are the supporters.

"We removed them from the gates when we took over and that is why they are waging a war.

"The Herald has also joined in the war. What is it that we have committed against you?

"So leave us alone as we try to rebuild Dynamos," said the founding Premier Soccer League boss.

Sifelani said other teams had their own fair share of problems but The Herald tended to concentrate on the forgotten Harare giants.

"It's always this and that about Dynamos and now some of our sponsors are even surprised.

"Yet when another team like CAPS United have not paid their players, nothing is written on that."

However, Sifelani said The Herald could be useful in informing the senior players who might still be in the dark about the resumption of training.

"The only thing we can tell you is that our training started on Monday and it is now in full swing.

"We are really in the process of building our team," he said.