From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Emmanuel Antwi commits to Asante Kotoko for another 4 years.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Bismark Asante
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Upbeat
Match18 Sep 2027
3-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Market20 Sep 2027
Musa Hamzata has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Asante Kotoko they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Upbeat
Market23 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market23 Aug 2027
Musa Hamzata has one foot out of the doorTerms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Asante Kotoko they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad23 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market23 Aug 2027
The Saaka Dauda talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Asante Kotoko know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market23 Aug 2027
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Hubert Gyau leaves Asante Kotoko the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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Upbeat
Match9 Aug 2027
62 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad9 Aug 2027
At 20, Peter Amidu Acquah is already the best thing here
An average of 7.25 in a first team he is several years too young for. Asante Kotoko have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Market9 Aug 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market9 Aug 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Asante Kotoko have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market9 Aug 2027
The clock runs on Benjamin Twum 's contract
48 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
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Upbeat
Market2 Aug 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 111 days on the sidelines for Johnson Owusu , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad2 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 113 days on the sidelines for Morifing Donzo , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
Asante Kotoko release $240.0K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Market2 Aug 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Zakaria Fuseini has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Asante Kotoko .
Market2 Aug 2027
12 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
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Upbeat
Match12 Jul 2027
62 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad12 Jul 2027
At 20, Peter Amidu Acquah is already the best thing here
An average of 7.25 in a first team he is several years too young for. Asante Kotoko have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Market12 Jul 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
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Upbeat
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
They will talk about this season in this town for a long time. The trophy comes home with the squad, and the route is already agreed.
Market5 Jul 2027
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The medical room confirms 143 days on the sidelines for Johnson Owusu , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market5 Jul 2027
The name of Seth Kwadwo has come up in conversations Asante Kotoko were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
Asante Kotoko release $240.0K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Market5 Jul 2027
“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.
Market5 Jul 2027
The name of Emmanuel Antwi keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Asante Kotoko say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Johnson Owusu knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Asante Kotoko , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Upbeat
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Market7 Jun 2027
The bid was some way short and Asante Kotoko did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
Asante Kotoko release $240.0K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Seth Kwadwo Seth Kwadwo says Asante Kotoko went back on their word
Market7 Jun 2027
Hearts of Oak are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. Asante Kotoko will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market7 Jun 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Joseph Ablorh has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Asante Kotoko .
Squad7 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Bismark Asante
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Upbeat
Squad3 May 2027
The medical room confirms 56 days on the sidelines for Mohamed Camara , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Boardroom3 May 2027
The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.
Squad3 May 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match31 Mar 2027
Hasaacas are out and Asante Kotoko go through, 2-1 the final word. The bracket opens up a little, and everyone allows themselves a look at it.
Match31 Mar 2027
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 7 matches without defeat is a foundation Asante Kotoko did not have in the autumn.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Gilbani Samba is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.38 with 8 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad5 Apr 2027
Albert Amoah named player of the monthThe award goes to Albert Amoah , and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
Asante Kotoko release $240.0K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Squad5 Apr 2027
The manager makes an example of Bismark Asante
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Asante Kotoko , and both men came out saying it was fine.
The terraces5 Apr 2027
The press cannot get enough of Gilbani Samba
Praise is not points and never has been. It is, however, the fastest way for a valuation to move, and everybody in the game reads the same pages.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad8 Mar 2027
15 goals and a season average of 7.23. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
Asante Kotoko release $240.0K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Match6 Mar 2027
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad8 Mar 2027
The manager makes an example of Bismark Asante
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad8 Mar 2027
Joseph Ablorh 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match22 Feb 2027
51 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Squad22 Feb 2027
At 20, Peter Amidu Acquah is already the best thing here
An average of 7.24 in a first team he is several years too young for. Asante Kotoko have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Squad22 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Dari Haruna
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad8 Feb 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Market8 Feb 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Albert Amoah is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.27 with 14 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match6 Feb 2027
WAFA made Asante Kotoko work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
Asante Kotoko release $240.0K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Market8 Feb 2027
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Asante Kotoko will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Bismark Asante
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Morifing Donzo knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Asante Kotoko , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Upbeat
Market11 Jan 2027
The bid was some way short and Asante Kotoko did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Yaw Ackah
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match9 Jan 2027
Beaten 0-1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Saaka Dauda is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.34 with 3 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Market11 Jan 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Asante Kotoko know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Bismark Asante knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Asante Kotoko , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match14 Nov 2026
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 12 matches without defeat is a foundation Asante Kotoko did not have in the autumn.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The medical room confirms 55 days on the sidelines for Lord Hilary Adabo , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad16 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Bismark Asante
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match7 Nov 2026
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Asante Kotoko have 3 straight wins of it.
Match7 Nov 2026
Three points for Asante Kotoko , 2-1 the final word against BA All Stars in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Gilbani Samba is in the form of his lifeA season average of 7.23 with 4 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match17 Oct 2026
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation Asante Kotoko did not have in the autumn.
Squad19 Oct 2026
34 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Bismark Asante
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.