Asante Kotoko defender Augustine Sefah will end his stay at the club when his contract expires next month, according to reports.

The defender who joined the club in 2017 will be leaving at the end of the year after struggling to get minutes in the last few months.

Augustine Sefah who was a regular under CK Akonnor failed to find his way to first-team under Kjetil Zachariassen.

Reports are suggesting that Augustine Sefah is unwilling to extend his stay with the club and will consider his options when his contract expires. Although his decision might be influenced by the club’s next manager.

Asante Kotoko are currently without a Head coach after terminating the contract of Kjetil Zachariassen following the club’s abysmal performance in Africa.

Reports are also suggesting that four other players including Jordan Opoku will leave at the end of the year.

Umar Bashiru and Habib Mohammed will make their debut appearance in the game.

Umar Bashiru will partner with Kwame Bonsu in the midfield, while Habib Mohammed will play at the right-back position replacing Sefah who will start from the bench today.

Asante Kotoko line-up: Felix Annan, Amos Frimpong, Emmanuel Agyemang Badu, Ismail Ganiu, Habib Mohammed, Umar Bashir, Kwame Bonsu, Maxwell Baakoh, Emmanuel Gyamfi, Abdul Fatawu Safiu-Yacouba Songné.

Asante Kotoko were accused of stealing face towels in the they lodged in Kenya. Kotoko stayed in the hotel for few days before returning back to Ghana. Upon their arrival, there were reports claiming that the players “stole’ the face towels in their hotel rooms.

Augustine Sefah had denied that any of the players took the towels home. He explained that they used it but didn’t take any home.

“What we took were face towels but we didn’t bring them to Ghana. What happened was that some of the players took them (face towels) to the dressing room at the stadium where the match was played so that they use it after showering following the end of the game. Some of the players even left the towels at the dressing room. Some too left them in the bus that transported us to the stadium” Sefah explained on Alpha Radio.

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“I myself saw the face towel that Frederick Boateng left in the dressing room after using it. If there is anything we wanted to take to Ghana it would have been the big bath towels. They are very white and large. That is what we would have taken to Ghana if we wanted but we did not.” the full-back added.

“Felix (Annan) also took one of the bath towels to the stadium and that was what he used during the game against the Kenyans but we went back to the hotel with it.” Sefah revealed.

Meanwhile, assistant manager of the City Lodge hotel in Nairobi Allan Kimani spoke to Vision 1 FM to offer clarity on the matter.

“It is true that certain items are missing from the hotel rooms but we cannot attribute that to Asante Kotoko as we have had many visitors within the same week. We cannot say that. ” Allan Kimani said.