Marked for Andrew Gyan
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match28 Nov 2026
No end in sight to WAFA's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at WAFA has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words exchanged at WAFA
Emmanuel Adjei 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.
Match28 Nov 2026
WAFA cannot find the net
3 games without scoring. Strikers stop looking up, midfielders take the extra touch, and every shot that clears the bar is followed by a groan that has been building since the last goal.
The terraces30 Nov 2026
The crowd has taken to Andrew Gyan
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout30 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Abeiku Kyereh
“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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Isaac Ayew 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.
Squad30 Nov 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Joseph Asamoah and WAFA agree another 1 years.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Nobody on the pitch touched Andrew Gyan
7.17, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. WAFA had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 14. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Back issues
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Uneasy
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Francis Acquah: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” WAFA have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Andrew Gyan commits to WAFA for another 4 years.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Emmanuel Adjei 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
At 26 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
“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.
Market12 Oct 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
The dugout12 Oct 2026
Daniel Adjei asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market12 Oct 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. WAFA know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The penny has dropped for Kwame Addo
He looks like a man who lives here now rather than one who is working here. It took most of a season, and at WAFA the difference is visible from the back of the stand.
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Crisis
Match3 Oct 2026
A hiding for WAFA
Beaten 0‑4 by Aduana Stars, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Match3 Oct 2026
The wait goes on for WAFA
4 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad5 Oct 2026
David Essien 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
At 18 he is doing things this season that he could not do last season, and doing them every week. Form comes and goes; this has stayed long enough to be called something else.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Emmanuel Adjei 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.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrew Gyan, and the manager let it.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Nobody left the WAFA dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Joseph Asamoah and WAFA agree another 1 years.
Market5 Oct 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Uneasy
Squad28 Sep 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
David 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.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Kamaldeen Kudus, and the manager let it.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at WAFA
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Bernard Baba was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Match26 Sep 2026
It needed Kwame Schlupp to find the net to bring anything home at all: 1‑1 against BA All Stars, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
Half-satisfied: David Asante on the draw
“There are things I liked and things we will be doing on Tuesday until they are right.” 1‑1, and a manager who had already decided what Tuesday looked like.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“I did not come here to warm up in front of people.” He is out of contract eventually, he is old enough to count the weeks, and WAFA will have to give him a reason to stay or an exit.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Isaac Ayew runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 12. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market28 Sep 2026
WAFA have let the market know Emmanuel Wakaso can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Emmanuel Wakaso trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
Albert Djiku 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 WAFA can pretend not to have heard.
Market24 Aug 2026
WAFA say no — this time
The offer from BA All Stars for Andrew Gyan 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Andrew Gyan 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
The phone has started ringing about Patrick Asamoah again, and this time the name on the line is ENPPI. WAFA are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Emmanuel Adjei 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.
The dugout24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Albert Djiku
“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.
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Steady
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.
Market17 Aug 2026
“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Daniel Adjei had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A falling-out at WAFA
David Essien and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Abeiku Kyereh
“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
Bernard Baba 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Nana Wakaso and WAFA agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Somebody is after Andrew Gyan’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Andrew Gyan suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. WAFA have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market17 Aug 2026
WAFA have made Joseph Asamoah available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.