The Heart of Lions Herald
Squad9 Aug 2027
A fracture rules Atta Kusi out for 130 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Heart of Lions will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad9 Aug 2027
The step up is real for Ishmael Addo
At 20 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad9 Aug 2027
A move Jayson Nettey would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Jayson Nettey is living that version at Heart of Lions, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad9 Aug 2027
At 21, Michael Noumon is already the best thing here
An average of 7.09 in a first team he is several years too young for. Heart of Lions have something, and by now the whole division has noticed.
Market9 Aug 2027
As if he never left: Jayson Nettey returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Jayson Nettey is a Heart of Lions player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Transfer targets9 Aug 2027
Heart of Lions rebuffed over Sule John
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ashanti Gold have kept their man, and Heart of Lions go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
The dugout9 Aug 2027
No hiding place for George Osei
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to George Osei, and the manager let it.
Market9 Aug 2027
No place for Danso Wiredu in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Danso Wiredu has his answer from Heart of Lions; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Market9 Aug 2027
Heart of Lions and Jayson Nettey 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.
In brief
- Market Nobody at Heart of Lions has picked up the phone to Sheriff Alabani
- The dugout The manager comes out for Yaw Danso