Marked for Patrick Paintsil
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad31 Aug 2026
Raphael Amponsah damages knee ligaments — 110 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 110 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market31 Aug 2026
No footballer has ever cost this club more, and the number will be read out every time he misplaces a pass for the next two years.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Hearts of Oak this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
Boards get told what they have done wrong for years and hear nothing on the days they get it right. This is one of those days: Patrick Paintsil from WAFA for $720.0K, and a ticket office having a very good morning.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Somebody is after Hamza Issah’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Hamza Issah suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Hearts of Oak have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Back issues
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Steady
Squad31 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Patrick Bukari out for 15 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason WAFA will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at WAFA, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Felix Afful 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 WAFA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market31 Aug 2026
A conversation is coming this week. WAFA will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Market31 Aug 2026
WAFA have made David Afful available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad24 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Patrick Bukari out for 22 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason WAFA will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market24 Aug 2026
“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 WAFA, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Felix Afful 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad17 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Patrick Bukari out for 29 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason WAFA will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Gladson Essien 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Thomas Sulemana
“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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Abeiku Asante 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
He is 18, and the scouting reports agree on the only line that matters: the ceiling. Signings like this are lottery tickets written by professionals.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at WAFA this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: Unisport Bafang have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Patrick Paintsil. The answer from WAFA has not changed — yet.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Yaw Asamoah and WAFA agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
This league is too small for Mohamed Atwa
He is doing things on a Saturday afternoon that nobody around him can answer, which is flattering for about one season and a problem after that. WAFA will not keep him by pretending otherwise.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Joseph Acquah 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 Joseph Acquah trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
Market3 Aug 2026
Kwadwo Paintsil is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at WAFA has been clear about where Kwadwo Paintsil stands, which is more than many ever get.