The Wa All Stars Courier
Squad31 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Albert Owusu
91 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Wa All Stars lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market31 Aug 2026
Jonathan Wakaso puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Wa All Stars, and it is not being withdrawn.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Wa All Stars sell a favourite for $120.0K
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Harrison Atiemo was one of the reasons people came, and $120.0K does not replace that by itself.
Market31 Aug 2026
Business is business: Harrison Atiemo goes
Great Olympics paid $120.0K and Wa All Stars took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Christian Partey falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad31 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Joseph Atiemo
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Joseph Atiemo, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Squad Harrison Afful has company in his position
- Market Jonathan Wakaso runs his contract down