The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Wa All Stars is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Wa All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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.
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Albert Boakye after 1‑2, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
1‑4 against Great Olympics, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
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a squad player keeps Wa All Stars in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
It finished 1-4. A cup exit is a disappointment; this was a public dismantling, and the difference between the two is the number of people who will still be talking about it in August.
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Thomas Paintsil and Wa All Stars agree another 5 years.
Baba Asamoah 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.
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.
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Jamilu Awoniyi provided it, and the 9.05 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
The offer from Berekum Chelsea for Amos 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.
Baba Asamoah 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.
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Words at Wa All Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Thomas Paintsil 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.
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Jamilu Awoniyi. 2‑0 against Heart of Lions, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
“The players deserve the credit. My job was easy today.” It was not, and everybody in the room knew it; after 2‑0, Albert Boakye could afford to be generous.
Nobody at Wa All Stars is suggesting he is out of form. The manager simply wanted somebody with a different set of qualities for ninety specific minutes, and there is nothing a player can train to fix that.
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Wa All Stars they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Wa All Stars people have started saying his name in the past tense.
“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.
Baba Asamoah and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
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Words at Wa All Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Thomas Paintsil 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.
The name of a squad player has come up in conversations Wa All Stars were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
A loan enquiry to Niger Tornadoes: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
A side in position 9 visits next. The result will not make anybody’s season and it could quietly break the shape of one, which is why the manager has been watching the video since Sunday.
In brief
The dugoutThe manager plants his flag on Baba Partey
SquadThe training reports on Edmund Partey are not good
The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Wa All Stars people have started saying his name in the past tense.
The offer from New Edubiase United for a squad player 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.
Wa All Stars asked and Rivers United said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
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Words at Wa All Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ousmane Traore 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.
A loan enquiry to Plateau United: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Christian Amoah and Wa All Stars agree another 3 years.
The offer from Gil Vicente for Thomas Paintsil 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 easiest signature of my career.” Thomas Paintsil and Wa All Stars agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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.
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Baba Asamoah trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Wa All Stars this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Wa All Stars training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Samuel 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.
Rivers United have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Wa All Stars has been clear about where Harrison Afful stands, which is more than many ever get.