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CK Akonnor ready to welcome Kevin-Prince Boateng [+VIDEO]

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CK Akonnor ready to welcome Kevin-Prince Boateng [+VIDEO]

Black Stars head coach, Charles Kwablan Akonnor says he will welcome Kevin-Prince Boateng back to the team if he passes the requirements for selection.

Boateng was suspended indefinitely during the 2014 World Cup held in Brazil under the tutelage of coach Kwesi Appiah.

He, together with Sulley Muntari were sacked from the camp of the Black Stars for disrespecting the coach.

The former Barcelona and Tottenham midfielder expressed his readiness to return to the senior national team last week in a chat with his brother Jerome Boateng.

READ:https://footy.ghpush.com/kevin-price-boateng-ready-for-black-stars-return/

Speaking in an interview with Joy FM, Akonnor indicated that he would have to discuss any decision on Boateng with the hierarchy of the Ghana Football Association.

“If Kevin Prince Boateng is availability why not? He has played before, he is experienced but for his issues with the Black Stars.

“I will have to take it up with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) before any such decision will be taken if need be.

“We all know his exit was with many issues and this must be clarified before we consider his return,” Coach Akonnor said.

VIDEO of CK Akonnor with Joy Sports

Tanzanian giants Simba SC halts negotiations with former Kotoko striker Songné Yacouba

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Tanzanian giants Simba SC halts negotiations with former Kotoko striker Songné Yacouba

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Chief Executive Officer of Simba SC, Senzo Mazingisa has revealed that the club has put negotiations with former Asante Kotoko forward Songné Yacouba on hold due to lack of transparency from the player’s camp.

Yacouba has been a free agent since leaving the Reds in April after unsuccessful attempts to renew his stay.

Reports were rife that the 28-year-old was close to joining the Tanzanian giants who expressed interest in securing his services.

But Simba SC – who were the first club, among many clubs, to approach Yacouba, have temporarily put negotiations on hold after they were approached by several agents claiming to be the player’s only representative.

“The player has approached us with so many agents each claiming he is the only agent and that is why we have put a stop in our negotiations,” Mazingisa told Mwanaspoti.

Yacouba joined Kotoko from Etoile Filante de Ouagadougou in 2018.

He made 7 appearances for the Porcupine Warriors in the 2019720 Ghana Premier League season before it was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Asiedu Attobrah denies holding talks with Dwarfs

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Asiedu Attobrah denies holding talks with Dwarfs

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Former Black Satellites midfielder, Abraham Asiedu Attobrah has refuted media reports that he is in talks with Ebusua Dwarfs over a possible move.

Rumours were rife that the ex-New Edubiase player is in advanced talks with the Cape Coast club for a possible deal as he seeks to return to the field after a long absence.


However, he has rubbished the reports, emphasising that there was no truth in it as there had not been any contact from Dwarfs.


“It is not true that I am in talks with Dwarfs. People should treat that news with a pinch of salt as no one from that club has even contacted me,” Attobrah told the Graphic Sports.


“I am a free player and I am available to join any club. Whoever is interested in me can come forward; if the deal is good to my expectation, I will sign for that club,” he stated.


Attobrah, 25, joined Belgian side, KV Kortrijk from New Edubiase on August, 31, 2015 and spent a year before terminating his contract by mutual consent.


He signed for Iraqi side, Al Shorta in February 2018 after which he joined  Erbil Sporting Club seven months later for a year before deciding not to renew his contract.


Attobrah was part of the Black Stars B team which reached the final of the 2014 CHAN tournament in South Africa, as well as the Black Satellites side which reached the second round of the FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.

By Edmund Okai Gyimah

“It was a great relief hearing the resumption of the Bundesliga II” – Greuther Fürth’s Hans Nunoo Sarpei

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“It was a great relief hearing the resumption of the Bundesliga II” – Greuther Fürth’s Hans Nunoo Sarpei

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Ghanaian midfielder, Hans Nunoo Sarpei says he and his teammates were relieved after hearing the resumption of the Bundesliga II League.

The 21-year-old resumed training with teammates last week at Greuther Fürth as they prepare for the resumption of the league this weekend.

In an exclusive interview with footy.ghpush.com/, Hans Nunoo Sarpei expressed excitement by the return of football in Germany although it was a difficult decision to take.

“It was a great relief for us from individual training to coming back as a team to train ahead of our first game. We were happy the government and the DFL made this decision Even though it was a difficult decision to make,” he told footy.ghpush.com/

‘But we appreciate their effort for that and the measures taken to let the season continue.

He also indicated that, the playing body will be hoping to continue from where they left off before the suspension of the League.

“We don’t expect much. Only that we continue with our form from where we left. We’re playing a good season and in a good position to achieve more and end the season on a good note.”

Hans Nunoo Sarpei in action for Greuther Fürth

Football activities in Germany have been frozen since March due to the outbreak of the novel COVID-19 pandemic, but after two months the German chancellor has agreed for football to return on May 16.

Greuther Fürth will welcome Hamburger SV Sunday. They are fifth on the league log with 36 points.

Measures have been put in place by the German Football Association to ensure players are safe from the COVID-19 disease. 

Nunoo Sarpei, currently on loan from Stuttgart has made 17 appearances for the Bundesliga II side this season.

Kudjoe Fianoo appointed member of Great Olympics Board of Directors

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Kudjoe Fianoo appointed member of Great Olympics Board of Directors

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Chairman of Ghana League Clubs Association (GHALCA), Kudjoe Fianoo has been named in a newly constituted Great Olympics Board of Directors.

The board announced on Monday includes new members – Kwame Asuah Takyi and Professor Albert Sackey.

Other members and old faces in the Board are Alhaji Talal Fatal, Perry Doku, Nii Amartefio and Oluboi Commodore also the club’s General Manager.

Kwesi Austin will perform the duties of a Secretary and Solomon as the Public Relation Offiicer.

Kudjoe Fianoo joins the club with enormous experience after leading Premier League side AshantiGold for several years.

During his time with the Miners the club won the Ghana Premier League in 2015.

Market Value of Ghana Premier League clubs revealed; Check the position of each club

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Market Value of Ghana Premier League clubs revealed; Check the position of each club

Hearts Of Oak have emerged as the team with the most valuable squad in the 2019/20 Ghana Premier League season.

The Phobians recently captured former player Nuru Sulley is reported to have a market value which has dropped from 750,000euros to €200,000. But that has helped the club to lead the money pack.

The defender is joint most valuable player in domestic league with Inter Allies superstar Victorien Adebayor.

The Ghanaian giants have five foreign based players which have also pushed Hearts to the top.

King Faisal and Dwarfs are at the bottom of the rankings.

This was compiled by transfermarket.com

Check below the market value of each Ghana Premier League club

Augustine Ahinful: Akonnor’s request for platform for national team coaches will help players understand the game

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Augustine Ahinful: Akonnor’s request for platform for national team coaches will help players understand the game

Former Ghana international, Augustine Ahinful has backed CK Akonnor’s proposal to the Ghana FA to create a platform for national team coaches to share ideas.

CK Akonnor – head coach of the Black Stars – proposed to the football governing body to put in place a common platform to enable all levels of national team trainers to share ideas for a common style of play.

Ahinful indicated that it will help the players to understand the Ghanaian game.

“I have been talking about this all these years. I did a similar proposal to the GFA when I was a member of the technical committee of the GFA,”he told Asempa FM.

“It is the best way to go so our players will understand our game right from the junior level to the senior level.

According to Arhinful, though the proposal is coming from CK Akonnor, it is the responsibility of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to ensure the meeting of the coaches.

“It is the responsibility of the GFA to ensure that, the seminars, workshops are held on regular basis to realise this target,” he added.

Kwame Kyei, two other club officials to meet Manhyia three-member committee Today

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Kwame Kyei, two other club officials to meet Manhyia three-member committee Today

Asante Kotoko Executive Chairman, Kwame Kyei is expected to meet the three-member Committee set up by Manhyia to investigate the affairs of the club.

Snippets of the gathered by footy.ghpush.com/ indicate that, two other officials with also appear before the committee today.

Our sources indicate that, General Manager of the club, Nana Gyambibi Coker as well as Chief Executive Officer of the club, George Amoakoh are the two personalities who will join the club chairman before the ad-hoc Committee.

It is extremely that, Kwame Kyei will meet the committee first, followed by Nana Gyambibi Coker and George Amoakoh in that order.

It would be recalled that, on April 29,2020 Manhyia in a press release, announced the composition of the three-member Committee, which includes Prof. Lydia Nkansah, Kofi Owusu and Lawrence Bruce Kyei Esq. to investigate some transactions in the club.

Thr Committee has four weeks to submit their report to the sole Shareholder of the club – Otumfuo Osei Tutu II

No need to resume Ghana Premier League – GMA President

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No need to resume Ghana Premier League – GMA President

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The President of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA), Dr. Frank Ankobea has kicked against resumption of Ghana Premier League.

Some countries like Germany, USA, have set a date to resume their 2019/20 football season in order to compete.

As a result, discussions about resuming or cancelling the suspended Ghana Premier League have been going on in the media landscape.

Some are of the opinion that, the season should be annulled, while others have proposed that the Ghana FA should continue with the season.

But the president of the GMA – who is a frontline member in the fight against the novel COVID-19 pandemic – has advised the football governing body not to resume football activities in the country.

“Football is a form of entitlement. If you play and there are no supporters, who will you be entertaining ?

“We know how close supporters are in the stadium and you know how the disease spread quickly from one person to the other,” He said on Hello FM’s Kokrokoo.

“There’s no need to resume the Ghana Premier League. We should wait for the COVID-19 disease to come down before we start thinking about football.

He indicated that football fans should value their lives more than the satisfaction they would get from watching football.

“We should value our lives more than entertainment.”

Football activities in the world have been standstill since the outbreak of the novel COVID-19 pandemic.

“I cry anytime I see Hearts Of Oak bus” – Ernest Thompson

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“I cry anytime I see Hearts Of Oak bus” – Ernest Thompson

Former Hearts Of Oak board Secretary, Ernest Thompson has voiced out his worry about the sorry state of the team’s ‘death trap’ bus.

The Ghanaian giants have been criticized for using a bus in that state to travel to honour matches in the Ghana Premier League. Players have been captured on camera pushing the team bus before.

Thompson urges the majority shareholder of the club, Togbe Afede XIV to float some shares in order to reduce the financial burden on him.

”Everybody is waiting for Togbe to buy a bus for the team, if the club as a serious entity float shares, will get money and buy bus. Even Pobiman project, we need money to have it done and where is the money? 

“Hearts of Oak has a weak financial base and that is what stops the team from going for good players, which is bad,” he told Kumasi-based Nhyira FM.

“Anytime, I see Hearts of Oak bus I feel like crying because I was involved in purchasing that bus. Why should the club be using such a bus at this time? 

“Heart shouldn’t have been using this bus by now and training on poor pitches.”

The hierarchy of the Rainbow Club announced purchasing a 46-searer bus before the 2019/20 Ghana Premier League was suspended.

The club is expected to unveil the new bus which was acquired for the club by their insurance partners – StarLife Assurance.

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