Author: Raphael Bannerman-Quartey

Accept paycuts – Alex Agyekum to GPL Players Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Sports, Youth, and Culture, Hon. Alex Kofi Agyekum has added his voice to the many proponents encouraging Ghana Premier League players to empathize with their clubs and accept a pay cut in these extraordinary times. The Member of Parliament said players have a role to play in efforts to help club owners in their quest to soften the financial blow they are going through in the face of the prevailing coronavirus outbreak the country and the entire globe is going through at the moment. Hon.…

NCC ready to fund Latif Anabila Purchase The National Circles Council (NCC) of Asante Kotoko SC has expressed its desire to fund the immediate purchase of talented midfielder Latif Anabila from Ashanti Gold to Asante Kotoko. The Ghana Premier League transfer window is still in session affording clubs an opportunity to augment their squad to properly challenge for honors once the league resumes post the deadly coronavirus. The AshantiGold player has one too many times been scouted by the Porcupine Warriors, in an attempt to add him to an already budding midfield set up under the able leadership of Maxwell…

Dr. Kyei has plans to settle Kotoko debts – Deputy Accra rep Nana Dankwah The National Circles Council of Asante Kotoko have recently written to request to support the club in the face of its increasing problems. The supporter’s wing says efforts to assist the club in these difficult times have proved futile because Executive Chairman, Dr. Kwame Kyei has refused to answer their calls. The NCC says they have made frantic attempts to personally reach Dr. Kwame Kyei but all have been met with concrete walls of frustrations. In a recent interview with Oyerepa FM, the NCC P.R.O. Osei…

Eto’o Foundation to support 100,000 in Cameroon Corona Virus is a deadly virus that has brought the whole world to a standstill, economies business, major activities have been worse affected as a result of this, plunging many into abject poverty. This has led many affluent people in the world to come out of their shells to support in diverse ways to help curb the pandemic to it’s bearest minimum. In view of this, Former Cameroonian international Samuel Eto’o has announced plans to support his homeland’s efforts to mitigate the growing cases of the ongoing coronavirus. A total of 100,000 people…

English Premier League to return as other top Leagues undecided The English Premier League has agreed in finishing the season in a 40-day window in many other issues that were discussed by clubs present at the meeting on Friday. Top-flight clubs remain committed to playing all 92 remaining fixtures this season but did not discuss a deadline by which action must resume. The Premier League said it “remains our objective” to complete matches but currently “all dates are tentative”. The league has been suspended since 13 March because of coronavirus. In a statement, the Premier League said “in common with…

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…