Marked for Patrick Asante
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad26 Jul 2027
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Liberty Professionals this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad26 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Patrick 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.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Afriyie Kudus 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 Liberty Professionals, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Back issues
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Liberty Professionals may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Market7 Jun 2027
The chase for Abdul Mumini Salifu ended with $65.0K changing hands and Bechem United out of reasons to say no. The supporters will judge the fee the only way that matters: on Saturdays.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Babé Diarra was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
The 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.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Patrick Asante, and the manager let it.
Market7 Jun 2027
WAFA are about to pick up the phone
A conversation is coming this week. Liberty Professionals will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad31 May 2027
Babé Diarra in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Liberty Professionals this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad31 May 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniel Appiah, and the manager let it.
Market31 May 2027
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Jeffrey Waris’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match19 Apr 2027
Position 2, 56 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Squad19 Apr 2027
Babé Diarra was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad19 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Patrick Asante, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad12 Apr 2027
Francis Amoah was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad12 Apr 2027
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Rami Bouaouiche, and the manager let it.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Patrick Asante knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Patrick Asante trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.