Albert Asante

Defensive Midfielder - Liberty Professionals
25 Sep 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Albert Asante

19 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

7 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Chastening afternoon for Liberty Professionals

A 0‑5 beating by Asante Kotoko was the sort of result that empties a stadium long before the final whistle.

The dugout

Albert Asante: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Liberty Professionals have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Words exchanged at Liberty Professionals

a squad player and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Squad

A row about effort at Liberty Professionals

Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Mohammed Boateng was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.

Squad

Jonathan Addo signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jonathan Addo and Liberty Professionals agree another 2 years.

Boardroom

Nobody left the Liberty Professionals dressing room in a hurry

The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.

The dugout

Bernard Asamoah: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑5, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

Squad

A long afternoon for Miracle Ukadike

Beaten 5 times, with 5 saves for company. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines on their record whoever actually caused them, which is the quiet injustice of the job.

The dugout

The manager has not finished forgetting Daniel Afful's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

In brief

Back issues
11 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Match

Liberty Professionals bow out of the cup

Hasaacas go through and Liberty Professionals go home, 1‑6 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.

The terraces

A cup embarrassment at Hasaacas follows Liberty Professionals home

1-6. Going out of a cup is one afternoon; going out like that is a week of phone-ins, and the manager will hear every one of them.

Player ratings

Albert Paintsil, 16, plays like he has been here for years — 7.73

A mark of 7.73 means one thing beside a twenty-nine-year-old's name and something else entirely beside a 16-year-old's. Nobody at the ground needed telling which this was.

Player ratings

A debut to forget for Albert Asante — 5.79

Every first appearance is one of two stories, and this was the harder one: 5.79, and a long walk to the tunnel. The second appearance is the one that decides what the first one meant.

Squad

Words exchanged at Liberty Professionals

a squad player and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.

Match

Abdul Boakye among the goals in a wild afternoon

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

Squad

Jonathan Annan 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

Beaten 6 times: a bad day for Patrick Appiah

2 saves does not settle the argument about whose fault it was, and the argument will run all week. Goalkeepers carry these scorelines whoever caused them.

Match

Liberty Professionals hit back inside 4 minutes

Hearts of Oak held the lead for 4 minutes, which is not long enough to enjoy it. Liberty Professionals answered before the celebration had properly finished, and the shape of the afternoon changed with it.

In brief

4 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

A fracture rules a squad player out for 64 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Liberty Professionals will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market

Asante Kotoko 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.

Market

The IFK Norrkoping deal is off

Everything was agreed until it was not, and Felix Owusu reports back to Liberty Professionals with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.

Market

Christian Djiku 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.

Transfer targets

Miracle Ukadike is a medical away from Liberty Professionals

The deal with Warri Wolves is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.

Squad

A falling-out at Liberty Professionals

a squad player and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad

Daniel Afful 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

Albert Asante signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Albert Asante and Liberty Professionals agree another 3 years.

The dugout

Albert 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 Albert Asante trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief