Marked for Jonathan Annan
From our football correspondent
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Squad21 Dec 2026
Francis Sulemana damages knee ligaments — 18 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 18 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market21 Dec 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at WAFA is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match19 Dec 2026
Whatever happens, WAFA do not lose
8 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Albert Ofori 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.
Match19 Dec 2026
Three points for WAFA, 2‑1 the final word against Ashanti Gold in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces21 Dec 2026
WAFA supporters have found a favourite in Jonathan Annan
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Jonathan Annan has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Player ratings21 Dec 2026
A performance of 8.01 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
Squad21 Dec 2026
Hamza Asrir knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Hamza Asrir trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Squad14 Dec 2026
Francis Sulemana damages knee ligaments — 25 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 25 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match12 Dec 2026
Whatever happens, WAFA do not lose
7 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Hamza Asrir 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.
Match12 Dec 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Hearts of Oak leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Yaw Inusah
“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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Clubs make promises constantly and the page usually only hears about them when they are broken. This one was honoured, and the dressing room noticed that faster than any supporter did.
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Squad7 Dec 2026
Francis Sulemana damages knee ligaments — 32 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 32 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match5 Dec 2026
A 3-goal lead gone for WAFA
It is a specific kind of quiet, a ground watching a winning position dissolve. Hasaacas kept coming because nothing stopped them, and WAFA will be asked about the last half hour all week.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
A brace, and Jonathan Annan takes the afternoon — 8.17
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Jonathan Annan provided it, and the 8.17 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Hamza Asrir 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.
Match5 Dec 2026
Still nobody has beaten WAFA
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Player ratings7 Dec 2026
Joseph Appiah was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.66. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Match5 Dec 2026
Honours even between WAFA and Hasaacas
4‑4, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad7 Dec 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Mohammed Mensah, and the manager let it.
Loan watch7 Dec 2026
“I did not go to Great Olympics to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 5 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.
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Squad30 Nov 2026
Francis Sulemana damages knee ligaments — 39 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 39 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match28 Nov 2026
WAFA cannot stop winning
4 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Hamza Asrir 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.
Match28 Nov 2026
Ask anyone on the way out what separated the sides and you will get one name: Andrew Acquah. 2‑0 against Heart of Lions, and the applause at the whistle was mostly his.
Player ratings30 Nov 2026
A performance of 8.64 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Squad30 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Ramon Azeez
“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 ratings30 Nov 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.01, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Squad30 Nov 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. WAFA have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Squad23 Nov 2026
Francis Sulemana damages knee ligaments — 46 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 46 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match21 Nov 2026
The 89th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Jonathan Annan decided nobody was going anywhere. Berekum Chelsea had no time left to answer.
Market23 Nov 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at WAFA is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match21 Nov 2026
Nobody wants to play WAFA right now
3 wins in a row changes how opponents warm up: quieter, more glances across. Runs end, everybody knows that — but nobody in this dressing room is planning for it.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Hamza Asrir 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.
Match21 Nov 2026
Three points for WAFA, 2‑1 the final word against Berekum Chelsea in a contest settled by the finer margins.
The terraces23 Nov 2026
At 22 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.
Player ratings23 Nov 2026
Ninety minutes of Jonathan Annan at his very best
Marked 8.02. Players have careers without a single afternoon like this in them, and he has just had one in front of everybody at WAFA.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Francis Appiah 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.
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Squad16 Nov 2026
Francis Sulemana damages knee ligaments — 53 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 53 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
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.
Player ratings16 Nov 2026
A defender's goal wins it for WAFA — 7.73
1 for Albert Ofori, marked 7.73, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Albert Ofori 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 terraces16 Nov 2026
WAFA supporters have found a favourite in Albert Ofori
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 22-year-old it feels ownership of. Albert Ofori has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad16 Nov 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.
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Squad9 Nov 2026
Francis Sulemana damages knee ligaments — 60 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 60 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Two goals and a mark of 9.73 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.99 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Player ratings9 Nov 2026
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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Albert Ofori 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.
Match7 Nov 2026
Inter Allies made WAFA work for it, but the scoreboard read 4‑3 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Match7 Nov 2026
Albert Paintsil among the goals in a wild afternoon
7 goals in one match, Albert Paintsil on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of WAFA and Inter Allies.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Jonathan Annan 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Mohammed Mensah
“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
Squad2 Nov 2026
Francis Sulemana damages knee ligaments — 67 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 67 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Annan 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.
Market2 Nov 2026
Talks stall between WAFA and Berna
“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.
Player ratings2 Nov 2026
7.79, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. WAFA had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Kwadwo Schlupp named in the team of the month
A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Kwadwo Schlupp is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.
Match31 Oct 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Crisis
Squad26 Oct 2026
Francis Sulemana damages knee ligaments — 74 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 74 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market26 Oct 2026
Only the photograph left for Patrick Afful
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Patrick Afful will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around WAFA the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Albert Ofori 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.
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 21. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match24 Oct 2026
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Albert Ofori
“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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Match17 Oct 2026
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 7‑1 against Liberty Professionals, and it could have been more.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Francis Sulemana damages knee ligaments — 81 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 81 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
Two goals and a mark of 8.69 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Hamza Asrir 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.
Match17 Oct 2026
8 goals. Both benches spent the second half looking at each other rather than at the pitch. Purists will complain about WAFA and Liberty Professionals in equal measure; everybody else had a wonderful time.
Player ratings19 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 9.33, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The terraces19 Oct 2026
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.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Ramon Azeez
“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 ratings19 Oct 2026
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.40, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
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Squad12 Oct 2026
Francis Sulemana damages knee ligaments — 88 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 88 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Successful dribbles: 35. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match7 Oct 2026
The cup run ends for WAFA
0‑1 against Medeama, and the road stops here. Cup exits are quick deaths — no second leg, no next week, just the league from now until May.
Match10 Oct 2026
Some goals win a match and some take one off somebody else. David Adjei scored in the 89th minute, Great Olympics had already begun thinking about the journey home, and WAFA took the lot.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Hamza Asrir 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.
Match10 Oct 2026
Great Olympics made WAFA work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Hamza Asrir 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.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Marked 8.10 — 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.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
“I did not go to Great Olympics to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 9 matches say the rest.
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Squad5 Oct 2026
Francis Sulemana damages knee ligaments — 95 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 95 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market5 Oct 2026
Hamza Asrir 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.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Kwadwo Asante is 22, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Hamza Asrir 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.
Match3 Oct 2026
Wa All Stars left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Albert Paintsil 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.
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Steady
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 42. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Mohammed Mensah
18 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. WAFA lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market28 Sep 2026
“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.
Market28 Sep 2026
Patrick Afful has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around WAFA they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Jonathan Annan is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 23 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom28 Sep 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Patrick Afful has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Albert Ofori 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Albert 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.
Match26 Sep 2026
1‑2 to Aduana Stars, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
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Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 40. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Mohammed Mensah damages knee ligaments — 26 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 26 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Match19 Sep 2026
4‑1, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 9.25, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Albert Ofori 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Annan 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 terraces21 Sep 2026
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Albert Paintsil has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Ramon Azeez 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
There is a particular helplessness in conceding 2 times before the twentieth minute. BA All Stars tried to reorganise, WAFA did not allow it, and the result was written long before it was confirmed.
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Squad14 Sep 2026
Mohammed Mensah damages knee ligaments — 33 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 33 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market14 Sep 2026
“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.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.73, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Market14 Sep 2026
The bid was some way short and WAFA did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Jonathan Annan 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 terraces14 Sep 2026
WAFA supporters have found a favourite in Jonathan Annan
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Jonathan Annan has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match12 Sep 2026
WAFA get the job done against Medeama
A 2‑0 win over Medeama, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Joseph Appiah, and the manager let it.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
“I did not go to Great Olympics to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 1 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
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Crisis
Squad7 Sep 2026
Mohammed Mensah damages knee ligaments — 40 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 40 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market7 Sep 2026
Hamza Asrir 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.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
WAFA sell a favourite for $80.0K
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Abraham Amoah was one of the reasons people came, and $80.0K does not replace that by itself.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Hamza Asrir 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.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Graduation day at WAFA
3 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Market7 Sep 2026
Business is business: Abraham Amoah goes
Heart of Lions paid $80.0K and WAFA took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Match5 Sep 2026
Ashanti Gold left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market7 Sep 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Osman Appiah has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market7 Sep 2026
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mohammed Addo has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
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Squad31 Aug 2026
Mohammed Mensah damages knee ligaments — 47 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 47 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Market31 Aug 2026
$160.0K from Heart of Lions for David Acquah. Money is money, but the dressing room has lost the man it looked to.
Market31 Aug 2026
“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 WAFA, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
OB come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and WAFA did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
The terraces31 Aug 2026
WAFA sell a favourite for $160.0K
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. David Acquah was one of the reasons people came, and $160.0K does not replace that by itself.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Albert Ofori 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.
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Steady
Market24 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
A move Berna 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. Berna is living that version at WAFA, and it tends to show in the first month.
Market24 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Hamza Asrir 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Annan 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.
Squad24 Aug 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.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
“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.
Market17 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and WAFA did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Albert Ofori 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nana Bukari 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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A year in and the language has not come, the city has not opened up, and he eats alone more often than anybody at WAFA would like to admit. It is showing on Saturdays.
Market17 Aug 2026
Kwame Gyan told to find a new club
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Kwame Gyan has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at WAFA.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
“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 WAFA, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market10 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. WAFA have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Albert Paintsil and WAFA agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Albert Ofori 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Jonathan Annan 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.
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Market3 Aug 2026
Albert 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 WAFA can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Francis Annan and WAFA agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Albert Ofori 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Add another name to the list: Victoria United have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Nana Bukari. The answer from WAFA has not changed — yet.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jonathan Annan 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Francis Annan's contract
24 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.