Joseph Djiku

Attacking Midfielder (C) - Liberty Professionals
15 Apr 2027
Thursday
Process

Marked for Joseph Djiku

21 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

No end in sight to Liberty Professionals's wait for a win

11 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.

Match

Christian Schlupp’s goal not enough for Liberty Professionals

Christian Schlupp scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑3 to Inter Allies, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Squad

Christian Schlupp 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.

Squad

Patrick Djiku out for 52 days

The medical room confirms 52 days on the sidelines for Patrick Djiku, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.

Squad

Tempers go at Liberty Professionals

Joseph Djiku 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.

Squad

Isaac Paintsil 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.

In brief

Back issues
10 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Tempers go at Liberty Professionals

Bernardo Liste 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.

Match

Andrew Baba among the goals in a wild afternoon

6 goals in one match, Andrew Baba on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Liberty Professionals and Hasaacas.

Match

Andrew Baba the difference as Liberty Professionals beat Hasaacas

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Andrew Baba. 4‑2 against Hasaacas, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Squad

Words at Liberty Professionals training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christian Schlupp is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

Loan watch

Jeffrey Mohammed counts the days

“I watch every Liberty Professionals game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Hasaacas runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Squad

No hiding place for Christian Acquah

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Christian Acquah, and the manager let it.

Squad

A late step up for Joseph Djiku

At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 3 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.

Player ratings

Andrew Baba was on a different afternoon to everybody else

8.08. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.

Market

Talks stall between Liberty Professionals and Amos Kudus

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

In brief

7 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Daniel Kyereh hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Liberty Professionals can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Bernardo Liste 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.

Squad

Christian Schlupp 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.

Match

A bad afternoon for Liberty Professionals against New Edubiase United

0‑2 to New Edubiase United, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Christian Schlupp

Successful dribbles: 15. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Liberty Professionals pick somebody else ahead of Harrison Afful

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

In brief

5 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

31 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Samuel Inusah hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Liberty Professionals can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Christian Acquah 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.

Squad

Isaac Paintsil 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.

In brief

4 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Joseph Djiku asks to leave Liberty Professionals

“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.

Squad

Tempers go at Liberty Professionals

Christian Baba 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.

Market

Hearts of Oak watching Edmund Kyereh

The interest is real enough to have reached print. Liberty Professionals have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.

In brief

3 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Onze Createurs come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Liberty Professionals did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

Squad

Christian Baba 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.

Squad

Christian Schlupp 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Christian Schlupp

“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.

Squad

Samuel Atiemo stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Samuel Atiemo and Liberty Professionals agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Market

No place for Nana Partey in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Nana Partey has his answer from Liberty Professionals; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

In brief

1 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Liberty Professionals

Christian Baba 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.

Market

Jeffrey Mohammed attracts admirers

The name of Jeffrey Mohammed has come up in conversations Liberty Professionals were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Words at Liberty Professionals training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christian Schlupp is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.

In brief