He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Liberty Professionals have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Baba Appiah and Liberty Professionals agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
10 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Liberty Professionals has to find a result from somewhere.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Liberty Professionals is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Abraham Partey and Liberty Professionals agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Liberty Professionals has to find a result from somewhere.
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Liberty Professionals is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Andrew Nuhu and Liberty Professionals agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Liberty Professionals they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Liberty Professionals, and 0 appearances in 33 say he has earned the hearing.
“I did not go to Medeama to sit and watch. I want to come back to Liberty Professionals and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 26 matches say the rest.
7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Liberty Professionals has to find a result from somewhere.
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Liberty Professionals has to find a result from somewhere.
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Liberty Professionals, and 0 appearances in 17 say he has earned the hearing.
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.
Every debut is a small story about the future: Baba Kudus, 15 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
In brief
MarketThe window shut and Abdul Schlupp is still in the building
The deal that would have taken Baba Mensah to Great Olympics has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Liberty Professionals with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Berekum Chelsea pay $76.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
He is 16, and nobody at Liberty Professionals signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
The name of Edmund Mensah has come up in conversations Liberty Professionals were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Kwadwo Paintsil and Liberty Professionals agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Liberty Professionals has been clear about where Harrison Kudus stands, which is more than many ever get.
24 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.