The Asante Kotoko Post
Market10 May 2027
Only the photograph left for Joseph Amoah
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Joseph Amoah will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Asante Kotoko the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad10 May 2027
Words exchanged at Asante Kotoko
Araphat Mohammed and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad10 May 2027
Walid Fuseini out for 33 days
The medical room confirms 33 days on the sidelines for Walid Fuseini, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad10 May 2027
A row about effort at Asante Kotoko
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Lord Amoah was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout10 May 2027
When it matters, Kwame Opoku plays
It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.
The dugout10 May 2027
No hiding place for Joseph Amoah
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Joseph Amoah, and the manager let it.
Market10 May 2027
Asante Kotoko and Precious Ezechukwuma are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
The dugout10 May 2027
A door opens for Musa Hamzata
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
The dugout10 May 2027
Selasie Bakai asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
In brief
- Loan watch The goals keep arriving from Isaac Mintah’s exile
- Squad Jonathan Mensah has started doing his badges
- Boardroom The Asante Kotoko board put their names to it