Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

GPL Match Preview and Prediction: Berekum Chelsea vs Hearts of Oak The Golden City park will witness one of the weekend’s tough clashes between Berekum Chelsea and Accra Hearts of Oak in a hugely anticipated match where fans will troop into the stadium to watch cheer their beloved clubs on to victory. The duo clubs are former Ghana premier league winners as such annexing the league to add to their trophy cabinet is certainly on the agenda. The Berekum based club are in serious crisis sitting 15th on the log with 9 points, which culminated in the sacking of Michael…

GPL Match Preview and Prediction: Great Olympics vs Karela United A year ago, Accra Great Olympics and Karela United were both battling relegation but for the widespread of the novel coronavirus, which meant that the domestic league be curtailed in efforts to safeguard lives in the country. Fast forward to this week, 25 January 2020, both teams have done well for themselves breaking into the top six of the league. The home side, Great Olympics but for their home loss against Ashgold have accumulated 7points at home helping to the 5th position on the log with 14 points. The experienced…

Institute a base salary for GPL players – Boakye Yiadom club Administrators Ghana Blackstars Richmond Boakye-Yiadom has emotionally appealed to administrators and other key stakeholders of Ghana football to institute a base salary that will help ameliorate the financial strain imposed on players who ply their trade in the domestic league. According to the former Red Star Belgrade forward, most of the local lads are not reaping the full dividends of the game despite the wholesome amounts of hard work invested. “I don’t mean to offend any team owner with what I am about to say but I think if…

Ghanaian player David Atanga secures FC Flyeralarm Admira deal Ghanaian attacking midfielder David Atanga has completed a loan move to Austrian top-tier side FC Flyeralarm Admira this winter season. The 24-year-old is joining from German Bundesliga 2 outfit Holstein Kiel until the end of the 2020/2021 season. Atanga has played a host of clubs mainly on loan deals FC Liefering, Red Bull Salzburg, FC Heidenheim, SV Mattersburg (loan), SKN St. Pölten, Greuther Fürth, Holstein Kiel, Admira Wacker. The 24-year-old played a total of 34 Bundesliga 2 games and scored eight goals and four assists.

WAFA SC’s Daniel Lomotey joining Tunisia outfit AS Soliman WAFA SC striker Daniel Lomotey has left the shores of the country in efforts to sign for Tunisia outfit AS Soliman, according to circling local reports. The striker who gained prominence in the ongoing Ghana Premier League is said to have arrived in Tunisia after featuring for WAFA in the 1-1 draw at the Sogakope Red Bull Arena. The 21-year-old is tied on goals with Karela’s Diawusie Taylor on eight goals. The former Ghana U20 striker will undergo his medical on Wednesday before signing a new deal of two-and-a-half years with…

Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko seal partnership with Southampton Ghanaian giants Asante Kotoko and English side Southampton have partnered with each other in a move that will be beneficial to both sets of clubs. This new development will see the premier league club offer technical and non-technical support to the Ghanaian giants in the area of youth development, coaching, marketing among others to ensure the development of the club. In a statement released by Southampton to confirm the partnership deal, “The partnership will include Academy staff exchange visits between the UK and Ghana, as well as opportunities for Asante Kotoko’s young…

We lacked focus – Lawrence Agyekum on Kotoko draw The Sogakope Red Bull Arena witnessed one of the weekend’s exciting fixtures between WAFA and the record holders of the Ghana Premier League, Kumasi Asante Kotoko in a contest that would eventually see both sets of clubs share the spoils at the end of match proceedings. The home side got their noses in front through the deadly inform forward Daniel Lomotey in the 10th minute before Kotoko equalized through Kwame Poku in the second half to see the game end 1-1. However, one of WAFA’s promising midfield chap, Lawrence Agyekum attributed…

Our defending was poor but Dwarfs were determined – David Ocloo Liberty Professional head coach David Ocloo slammed his side’s defensive organization as they succumbed to a 2-1 loss to Ebusua Dwarfs in their own backyard, Carl Reindolf park. The home side head coach was far from pleased, as he lamented about his side’s inability to hold on to an early lead surrendering to a 2-1 loss at home. The Dansoman based club shot into the lead through an Abraham Wayo penalty but were pegged back with goals from Michael Ohene Asamoah and Musah Sumaila. However in a presser, after…

Watch Highlights: Liberty Professionals 1-2 Ebusua Dwarfs | GPL Ebusua  Dwarfs defied all odds at the Carl Reindolf park to hand David Ocloo’s Liberty Professional their first home loss of the season in a 2-1 victory. The home side were coming into this fixture on the back of a 2-0 loss to Kumasi Asante Kotoko, with that in mind, they needed to make sure they gave their home fans who trooped into the stadium for the first time after the president issued the directive for fans to grace stadiums. Liberty started the early exchanges on a brighter note than their…

GPL Match Preview: Karela United vs Berekum Chelsea Karela United and Berekum Chelsea will contest each other for the three maximum points at the infamous CAM park at Nzema-Aiyinase in week nine of the ongoing Ghana Premier League.  The home side the only side in the ongoing league to have won all of their four home games an enviable record in the league heading into the ninth fixture. The away side have not found life in the league on an easy turf as they anticipated, picking nine points from as many games, coupled with the sacking of Michael Odamtten Hesse…