The Liberty Professionals Chronicle
Market17 Aug 2026
Liberty Professionals say no — this time
The offer from Asante Kotoko for Andrew Bukari 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A move Sa'ad Tijjani would have made for nothing
There is a version of every career where the player ends up somewhere he chose rather than somewhere that chose him. Sa'ad Tijjani is living that version at Liberty Professionals, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Liberty Professionals
Andrew Bukari 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.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Bendel Insurance tell Liberty Professionals: Anthony Cletus is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Kamaldeen Owusu
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kamaldeen Owusu, and the manager let it.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at Liberty Professionals training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Sa'ad Tijjani 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Liberty Professionals and Ubong Williams
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Liberty Professionals, another week without a signature from Ubong Williams.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Sa'ad Tijjani is a square peg at Liberty Professionals
The system has changed and his position has not. A footballer can improve his form; he cannot improve the manager’s formation, and that is the whole of the problem.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Liberty Professionals try to borrow Adama Traoré
Real Bamako 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.
In brief
- Transfer targets Liberty Professionals try to borrow Andy Ezekiel
- Market Thomas Owusu told to find a new club
- Market Liberty Professionals pick up Ubong Williams for nothing