The Heart of Lions Herald
Market17 Jan 2028
Heart of Lions make Oluwaseun Oladimeji the dearest name in their history
$390.0K. Fees like that buy a footballer and rent a debate: every touch will be measured against the number for a season at least.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Ibrahim Samed breaks a bone — 56 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 56 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings17 Jan 2028
Both of them Ishmael Addo's — 8.88
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.88, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market17 Jan 2028
Hensen Anponsa 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 Heart of Lions can pretend not to have heard.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Ishmael Addo stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ishmael Addo and Heart of Lions agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad17 Jan 2028
Tempers go at Heart of Lions
Damián González Hernández 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 Jan 2028
A move Gladson Partey 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. Gladson Partey is living that version at Heart of Lions, and it tends to show in the first month.
The terraces17 Jan 2028
Heart of Lions spend $390.0K on the signing the town wanted
It is the rarest sequence in football: supporters ask for something, and the club goes and does it. $390.0K for Oluwaseun Oladimeji, and for one week nobody is complaining about anything.
Match15 Jan 2028
Heart of Lions see off Asante Kotoko
Three points for Heart of Lions, 2‑1 the final word against Asante Kotoko in a contest settled by the finer margins.
In brief
- The terraces The crowd has taken to Ishmael Addo
- Market Heart of Lions sign Gladson Partey, one for the future
- Market Experience through the door at Heart of Lions