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Don’t force Paycuts on us – Felix Annan Kumasi based club Asante Kotoko captain Felix Annan has rejected claims that the playing body has agreed pay cuts with management. As a result of the pending coronavirus, clubs are looking at ways of cutting down on their financial burdens, and one of the several ways is to cut down on the wages and salaries of players. This week news circled around management’s desire to soften their financial blow amid the outbreak. The reports were confirmed when coach of the side, Maxwell Konadu disclosed during an interview with Kotoko Express that there…

Arsenal are not ambitious enough for Pierre – Gabon President President of Gabon Football Association says Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang needs to “secure a contract with a more ambitious club”. The President believes the striker has lots of potentials to move to clubs that can afford him the opportunity to win trophies. “If Pierre could secure a contract with a more ambitious club, he’d definitely find his place there,” Mounguengui said. “Right now, he’s at Arsenal, and he’s won nothing here, so it’s a collective failing,” Pierre Alain Mounguengui told ESPN. “I don’t want to say that Arsenal isn’t ambitious, but…

FIFA to aid Ghana FA Financially The Ghana Football Association is in pole position to receive financial assistance from FIFA, to mitigate the financial burdens of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The virus, as a result, has plunged the suspension of major activities around the world, which football has had its fair share off challenges. This week in a video conference call with the over 200 associations over the world, FIFA president Gianni Infantino promised member associates funds from the body’s reserve funds. According to Infantino, FIFA must look for solutions in the face of these prevailing situation it’s currently facing…

Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has agreed to sell the club to a Saudi Arabia-backed consortium in a £300m deal. The group, assembled by financier Amanda Staveley, and also including the mega-rich Reuben brothers (10 percent), will now have their credentials examined by the Premier League. Initially, the Englishman wanted to sell the club in his tenth year in charge after taking over in 2007 for £340m but a culmination of factors plundered that deal. The tycoon’s 13-year ownership of the Tyneside club is close to an end, with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia led by Crown Prince Mohammed…

Hearts of Oak on the verge of signing Nuru Sulley Accra Hearts of Oak are one of the numerous Ghana Premier League outfits making the most of the ongoing transfer window, several reports making headway in the local space suggest that a deal to sign one of their former stalwart defenders in Nuru Sulley is on the cards. The combative defender is expected to finalize paperwork in the coming days after he successfully agreed to negotiations and medicals in order to partake in the second round of the 2019/20 season. The 27-year-old ‘s contract with Lebanese side Naft Al-Junoob was…

CK Akonnor handed two years contract as Black Stars coach Charles Kwabla Akonnor has been officially appointed as head coach of the senior national team of the country, Blackstars. The former Kotoko gaffer took over the head coach position after serving as assistant to the then head coach James Kwesi Appiah, who was let go after failing to land a contract renewal with the new GFA headed by Kurt Okraku. Akunnor was handed a two (2) year contract and will receive $25,000 as a monthly salary,$10,000 short of what made the former manager was receiving at the time in that…

Ghanaian clubs cry on Government for help as they face bankruptcy The Ghana Premier League was recently suspended as the Government and other worldwide partners try to find ways of curbing the spread of the global pandemic, COVID-19. The President issued a directive to suspend major activities in the country of which football was put on hold for the time being. These recent developments in the country have taken a big toll on the football landscape, as most club owners are seeking a financial bailout from the Government in efforts to solve their growing financial situations. This has led to…

Machester United consider Pogba-De Ligt swap deal Two of Europe’s powerhouses in football Manchester United and Juventus are considering a swap deal that will involve two players that have been heavily mooted as gems of their generations. Dutch defender Mathias DeLigt led botany of talented Ajax side to sweep Europe with their mesmerizing football but has since failed to settle at Juventus after a big-money move. Whiles Paul Pogba moved to Manchester United for a club-record fee of £89m but has failed to replicate the form that caught the attention of the club hierarchy some seasons past. Manchester United are…

I am still a Black Stars player – Christian Atsu Ghana and Newcastle United winger, Christian Atsu has rubbished reports making headlines this week that he has retired from national team duties with the senior setup, Black Stars. This week reports surfaced that the former Bournemouth winger had held fruitful deliberations with the current head coach of the side, CK Akonnor off his desire to discontinue playing for the nation. A confidante to the Ghanaian international said the player was displeased about how he had received minimal support from the handlers of the national team when he got injured during…

We will appoint an assistant soon – Frederick Moore The Ghana Premier League is currently suspended but clubs are making the most in the transfer window, signing new lads, selling and loaning others as well inorder to properly augment their side before the league resumes. In view of this, Accra Hearts of Oak Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Frederick Moore has assured the clubs teeming supporters of the management and board decision to employ an assistant coach to help head coach Edward Nii Odoom steer the club to glory. The club has been without an assistant coach after the current head…