David Waris

Central Defender - Liberty Professionals
3 Aug 2027
Tuesday
Process

Marked for David Waris

52 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

26 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Daniel Wakaso 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

Ernest Mensah 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

The manager makes an example of Jeffrey Ayew

“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.

In brief

Back issues
48 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

28 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

15 matches without a win for Liberty Professionals

The run now stands at 15, and the questions being asked around Liberty Professionals are no longer polite ones.

Match

The small margins put Liberty Professionals out

Out, 2‑3 to Asante Kotoko, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Market

Daniel Wakaso 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.

The terraces

The ground has had enough

“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 7 of the 30 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.

Player ratings

Daniel Wakaso runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Liberty Professionals

Ernest Mensah 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

Costly mistake from Joseph Kudus

An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Joseph Kudus knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.

Player ratings

One of those days for Christian Adjei

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.29, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

No hiding place for Daniel Kyereh

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

In brief

47 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

21 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Liberty Professionals break the bank for Amadu Abdulai

$140.0K. No player has ever cost Liberty Professionals more, and expectation arrives with him.

Boardroom

The scrutiny sharpens at Liberty Professionals

Nobody upstairs has said anything, which is the loudest thing they could do. Results buy silence in this game; the account at Liberty Professionals is running low.

Match

Every point is an argument now for Liberty Professionals

Position 15 and 26 points, and the table gets read bottom-up in this part of town. The calendar has stopped being a schedule and started being a countdown.

Squad

Tempers go at Liberty Professionals

David Waris 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

Albert Kudus is the real thing at 21

A season average of 7.00 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. Liberty Professionals know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.

Market

No place for Isaac Gyan in the plan

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

In brief

33 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

15 Mar 2027
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

Nowhere to hide for Liberty Professionals

0‑3 against Ashanti Gold, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Player ratings

Albert Djiku runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

David Waris 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

David Waris gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Boardroom

Inquest at Liberty Professionals

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

Player ratings

The one thing Bennet Mokoena could not do

Shots: 6, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.

Player ratings

Daniel Wakaso leaves them behind him

Shots: 5. Goals: none. The chances were there and they were good ones, and they went into the stand, the goalkeeper's arms and the side netting in roughly that order.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Isaac Gyan

A mark of 5.80 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

In brief

26 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

25 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

Nowhere to hide for Liberty Professionals

0‑3 against Hearts of Oak, and no complaints that would survive the replay. The manager spoke about character afterwards; the terraces used shorter words.

Market

Liberty Professionals say no — this time

The offer from Asante Kotoko for Albert Djiku was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

The terraces

The boos come down from three sides

“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 7 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.

Market

Thomas Ofori 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 Liberty Professionals, and it is not being withdrawn.

Match

4 matches without a win for Liberty Professionals

The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Liberty Professionals are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings

Albert Kudus runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 23. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Liberty Professionals

David Waris 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

Daniel Kyereh gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Boardroom

Inquest at Liberty Professionals

The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.

In brief

25 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

The unthinkable, invoiced: David Sulemana sold

Inter Allies arrived with $120.0K and left with the best player in the building. The board will call it business; the queue at the ticket office will use other words.

Market

Liberty Professionals turn down Hearts of Oak for Joseph Kudus

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

Felix Acquah keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Liberty Professionals may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Market

Felix Mohammed 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

Tempers go at Liberty Professionals

Ernest Mensah 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.

Player ratings

One of those days for Bennet Mokoena

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.09, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Abeiku Wakaso

“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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Albert Djiku

Successful dribbles: 16. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Andre Mohammed signs on for more

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

In brief

22 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

28 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Bennet Mokoena

Successful dribbles: 35. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

Isaac Gyan says Liberty Professionals went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Market

Nana Appiah 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

Ernest Mensah 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.

Player ratings

Nothing got past David Waris

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 21 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Match

Christian Adjei sends Liberty Professionals past New Edubiase United

It finished 1‑0, and it was Christian Adjei’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Liberty Professionals.

In brief

21 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

21 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

David Sulemana 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

David Waris 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Daniel Wakaso

Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

A bad afternoon for Liberty Professionals against Inter Allies

0‑1 to Inter Allies, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.

Squad

The manager makes an example of David 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.

Player ratings

Off the pace: Jeffrey Ayew

A mark of 5.76 tells the story without any need for embellishment. He will want the tape of this one quietly lost.

In brief

20 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

14 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Daniel Wakaso runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 32. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Daniel 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 Liberty Professionals, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Ernest Mensah 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.

Match

Liberty Professionals share the spoils with Bechem United

A 1‑1 draw with Bechem United leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.

Player ratings

Bennet Mokoena keeps on missing

Shots: 6, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Felix Acquah

“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.

In brief

14 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

2 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Nana Appiah 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 Liberty Professionals, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Tempers go at Liberty Professionals

David Waris 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.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Bennet Mokoena

Marked 8.74 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

Albert Kudus runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 16. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Honours even between Liberty Professionals and BA All Stars

2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.

Player ratings

David Acquah's mistake decides it

Ten men and a goalkeeper behind him, and it still finished in the net. He knew before anybody told him, and nobody at Liberty Professionals needed to.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Bennet Mokoena

“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.

Player ratings

David Waris never got going

5.39 on the card. Some afternoons a footballer looks like a man who has only just been introduced to the game, and this was one of them.

Market

The shop window has David Sulemana in it

Liberty Professionals have let the market know David Sulemana can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.

In brief

13 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

26 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Daniel Wakaso

Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

David Sulemana 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

David Acquah says Liberty Professionals went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Player ratings

David Waris shuts the door

Defensive actions: 25, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.

Squad

David Waris 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.

Match

Bennet Mokoena the difference as Liberty Professionals beat Medeama

Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Bennet Mokoena. 2‑0 against Medeama, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Ernest Mensah

Marked 8.77 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Player ratings

A masterclass from Bennet Mokoena

Marked 8.09 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.

Squad

No hiding place for Albert Nuhu

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

In brief

11 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad

Joseph Kudus decides it from twelve yards

2 kept out in the shoot-out, and a stadium that will still be describing them in twenty years. A goalkeeper only needs one of these to be remembered forever.

Match

Liberty Professionals through in the cup

A 0‑0 win over Hasaacas, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.

Market

Amos Amoah 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.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Albert Djiku

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad

David Waris 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.

Player ratings

Daniel Wakaso in the eights

A performance of 8.63 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Christian Adjei

“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.

Player ratings

Albert Kudus in the eights

A performance of 8.02 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.

Match

Liberty Professionals and Hearts of Oak take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

10 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Daniel Wakaso runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 30. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Tempers go at Liberty Professionals

David Waris 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

Liberty Professionals come up short against Hasaacas

Hasaacas left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Abeiku Wakaso

“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.

Market

Liberty Professionals and Joseph Kudus are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

Player ratings

Bennet Mokoena keeps on missing

Shots: 10, not one of them in. A centre forward is paid for one thing, and on this evidence he has forgotten which thing it is.

In brief

8 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Player ratings

Daniel Wakaso runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 37. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Market

Nana Appiah 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

Tempers go at Liberty Professionals

David Waris 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.

Player ratings

One of those days for Bennet Mokoena

There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.02, and no argument anywhere in the ground.

Squad

David Sulemana gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Liberty Professionals and Berekum Chelsea take a point apiece

It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.

In brief

7 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Amos Amoah 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

David Waris 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.

Player ratings

Daniel Wakaso runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 20. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Match

Liberty Professionals come up short against New Edubiase United

New Edubiase United left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Joseph Kudus

“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

David Sulemana finally opens his account

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.

In brief

6 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

Market

Liberty Professionals say no — this time

The offer from Ashanti Gold for David Sulemana was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.

Market

Thomas Ofori 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.

Player ratings

Albert Kudus runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Player ratings

A defender's afternoon for David Waris

Defensive actions: 23. He was first to everything and second to nothing, and the goalkeeper had an easy day because of it.

Squad

Ernest Mensah 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.

Player ratings

Nothing got past Ernest Mensah

Headers, blocks, tackles, interceptions — 22 of them, and not one goal behind him. The sort of performance that never makes a highlight reel and wins football matches.

Market

Business is business: Osman Schlupp goes

Ashanti Gold paid $48.0K and Liberty Professionals took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Match

Christian Adjei sends Liberty Professionals past Inter Allies

It finished 1‑0, and it was Christian Adjei’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Liberty Professionals.

Squad

David Waris gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief