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The Kotoko Skipper penned a year deal with the company ahead of the next season.

Immediately after signing the deal the top Goalkeeper had this to say”

“I’m very excited to seal a 1 year deal with Ashlid.I am going to do my best to promote the Ashlid product. You could see the quality of the gloves and am very glad.I can’t wait to use it”

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This won’t be the first time Ashlid Enterprise will be associating with the Kotoko brand following last year’s donation of ten Kotoko branded footballs and as many cartons of bottled water to management in Kumasi.

Ashlid Enterprise is one of the leading companies offering sports wear to athletes in the form of kits, gloves, footballs, Captain arm bands, football boots among a host of others.

In the past three seasons Ashlid Enterprise as a company has been the sole supplier of quality footballs to almost all the juvenile clubs based in the country.

Additionally, they are also the sole suppliers of footballs for some of the first tier and second tier division teams which includes but not limited to Liberty Professionals FC, Dreams FC, Heart Of Lions, and Sporting Mirren.

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The prolific attacker is on the verge of completing his switch the Porcupine Warriors ahead of their next season’s campaign.  

Ghana Premier League giants Asante Kotoko are set to announce the signing of Ugandan striker Steven Mukwala in the ongoing transfer window. 

The 21-year-old has been identified as a top transfer target for the Kumasi-based club following his exploits in the Uganda Premier League for the past seasons.

 It is believed that the most successful club in Ghana are in advanced talks with the young attacker over his possible acquisition this month. 

The club’s Communications Manager, Moses Antwi Benefo disclosed on Thursday in an interview with Oyerepa FM that his outfit will be announcing a highly-rated striker from Uganda.

 “We are expecting the arrival of a Ugandan striker for our next season’s campaign,” Antwi Benefo told Oyerepa FM.

Mukwala was part of the Vipers Squad that won the Azam Uganda Premier League and was much in the plans of Miguel Da Costa the coach of Vipers by then who had build trust in him after scoring crucial goals for the team in the quest for the title of 2017.

In 2019, Mukwala was loaned at Maroons FC for the new season 2019-2020 where he has scored 13 goals and one of the league top scorers with five games to go in the Uganda Premier League.

His speed and power to finish the ball has caught the eye of many other clubs but giving first priority to his mother Club Vipers SC.

 According Oyerepa FM, the Porcupine Warriors are in advanced talks with Vipers SC to secure the signature of the Uganda U23 forward for their 2020/21 season campaign.

 Mukwala will become the third Ugandan international to play for Asante Kotoko after Joseph Ochaya and George Abege.

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Asante Kotoko Communications Manager, Moses Antwi Benefo has disclosed that the club will be revealing the identity of a top-notch Ugandan striker who is joining the team in the upcoming season.

The Ghanaian giants are currently busy on the transfer market, having already acquired Kwame Poku, Emmanuel Sarkodie, Yusif Mubarik and Emmanuel Keyekeh in the ongoing transfer window.

The club is also in talks with Latif Anabila and Justice Blay.

 “We are expecting the arrival of a Ugandan striker for our next season’s campaign,” Antwi Benefo told Oyerepa FM 

“We are also expecting the arrival of all the locally-based players to complete their move tomorrow [Friday]” 

 Coach Maxwell Konadu’s side has commenced training for the 2020/21season.

Communications Manager of Asante Kotoko, Moses Antwi Benefo has revealed that the club is close to signing Ghanaian International Asamoah Gyan.

According to him, the only thing left is for the two parties to agree on the personal terms of the former Sunderland striker.

The manager of the former Black Stars skipper, Samuel Anim Addo has already disclosed Gyan will not resist an offer to play for the Porcupine Warriors once it is enticing.

Reports in the local media suggest Gyan is demanding a signing-on fee of $500,000 before he joins the Reds.

Responding to Gyan’s imminent move to Kumasi, Antwi Benefo indicated that the club believes the time is now for Gyan to complete his move to the club.

“We believe the time is now for Asamoah Gyan to join Asante Kotoko. He’ll be a crowd puller and also very marketable. The only left is the monetary aspect, hope to clear that aspect. He has told us if we can meet his demands, he’s ready to play for Kotoko, ” Moses Antwi Benefo told Oyerepa FM.

If he agrees to join Kotoko, he will be following in the footsteps of his elder brother, Baffour, who also featured for the Porcupine Warriors in the 2010/11 season in the twilight of his career.

Gyan played in the local game 17 years ago for Liberty Professionals as a teenager before leaving for a professional career in Europe.