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Techiman Eleven Wonders, a Ghanaian football club, has issued a warning to other clubs attempting to approach their players without following the appropriate procedures.

The caution comes in response to reports that Hearts of Oak is close to signing defender Kelvin Osei Asibey from Eleven Wonders. According to various sources on Thursday morning, the player has undergone a medical examination and is expected to sign for the Phobians by the end of the week.

In a press release, the management of Eleven Wonders clarified that they have not transferred Kelvin Osei Asibey to Hearts of Oak or any other club.

“Our attention has been drawn to news making rounds across the social media that our player Kelvin Osei Asibey has been transferred to Accra Hearts of Oak. We wish to put it on record that Kelvin Osei Asibey is still our player and under contract and has not been transferred to any club. In fact we are looking forward to work with him next season,” part of the release from Eleven Wonders said.

The statement further urged any club interested in signing the player to contact their management for negotiations and emphasized the importance of obtaining prior approval from Techiman Eleven Wonders before engaging in talks or conducting medical examinations with the player.

“We, however, wish to urge any club that wants the player to contact our management for negotiations and desist from wooing and having medical of him without seeking prior approval from Techiman Eleven Wonders.”

Attached to the press release is a copy of the statement for reference.

According to reports from Nhyira FM in Kumasi, Asante Kotoko has appointed Henry Ohene Brenya as team manager and Richard Akoto as IT manager to represent the club at the upcoming Ghana Football Association’s 29th Ordinary Congress.

Following the dissolution of the board and the departure of CEO Nana Yaw Amponsah, Manhyia, the seat of the Asante Kotoko owner, has communicated these appointments to the football governing body.

Ohene Brenya and Richard Akoto will now serve as representatives for the club, taking over from the outgoing CEO and Administrative Manager Emmanuel Dasoberi at the GFA’s 29th Ordinary Congress. The congress is scheduled to take place on Monday, July 10, 2023, at the Great Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Kumasi.

The dissolution of the board signifies a significant change in the club’s leadership structure and marks the end of Nana Yaw Amponsah’s tenure as CEO. The departure of the former 2019 Ghana Football Association presidential candidate suggests that internal dynamics and conflicts within the leadership may have played a role in his exit.

Asante Kotoko will now need to regroup and appoint new leaders who can guide the club forward and address the challenges that led to the dissolution of the board.

Francis Andy Kumi, a former striker for Asante Kotoko, has shared the difficulties he encountered during his tenure with the renowned Ghanaian club.

After joining Kotoko from UniStar, the 24-year-old spent just one season with the former champions of the Ghana Premier League. Struggling to establish himself in the first team, Andy Kumi eventually departed and joined Bechem United at the start of the previous season. Unfortunately, during his time with the Porcupine Warriors, he only managed to score 4 goals in 16 matches.

In a recent interview with Citi Sports, the forward, who recently signed a three-year contract with Radnicki Nis in Serbia, disclosed that his progress at Kotoko was impeded by his own teammates.

“For experience, I experienced so much when I left UniStar for Kotoko. When I went to Kotoko, my first week wasn’t easy because of the way I thought of certain things. I knew Kumasi Asante will have big players so I was a little nervous but during my first week of training, I said yes, Kotoko is Kotoko but I can compete with them,” he told Citi Sports.

“But it was unfortunate, when I started I was scoring one or two goals but it got to a point some players were saying so many things that when strikers come to Kotoko and start to score, people will praise them and tomorrow they are gone and that was when everything change. I was finding it difficult to get pass to score.”

Andy Kumi experienced success in the recent season with Kotoku Royals, where he impressively netted 12 goals for the Akyem-based club.

Vincent Sowah Odotei, a board member of Hearts of Oak, has strongly defended himself and his colleague Alhaji Akambi against accusations of being responsible for the club’s troubles.

Both of them have faced consistent criticism from fans in recent years, with poor recruitment decisions and the frequent sacking of coaches being attributed to their actions.

However, Odotei is vehemently challenging those who accuse them of damaging the club, demanding concrete evidence to support their claims.

In an interview with Oyerepa FM, he stated, “Anybody at all can wake up and say we are destroying the club, give evidence, back it with evidence,” he said.

He further challenged those who believe he and Akambi are the problem at Hearts of Oak to demonstrate their claims with tangible proof.

“All those who say Odotei and Akambi are the problem of Hearts of Oak must bring evidence and demonstrate that we are the problem of Hearts of Oak.

He firmly pointed out that they were appointed by the club’s owner (the king) who would not invest his money and entrust them with responsibilities if they were mismanaging the club.

“The king himself has said he is not stupid to invest his money and put us in place [to mismanage].”

The board members have faced scrutiny for the team’s performance, but they have managed to avoid relegation from the Ghana Premier League by securing a draw against Berekum Chelsea on the final day of the season.