David Ayew

Goalkeeper - WAFA
25 Jul 2027
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44 Edition

The WAFA Post

31 May 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Squad

Daniel Baba damages knee ligaments — 128 days out

The words a physio says slowly. 128 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.

Squad

David Ayew keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” WAFA may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Ernest Acquah 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.

In brief

  • Squad Qudus Akanni falls out with a teammate over standards
Back issues
6 Edition

The WAFA Post

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

David Ayew 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.

Squad

Real improvement from Harrison Mensah at WAFA

Form comes and goes; this has not gone. Harrison Mensah is 21, and the version of him training now would not have got into the side he was in a year ago.

Market

Daniel Ayew attracts admirers

The name of Daniel Ayew has come up in conversations WAFA were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.

Squad

Tempers go at WAFA

Lebohang Lesako 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.

Boardroom

4 academy players handed senior numbers at WAFA

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Market

Thomas Owusu steps up from the WAFA academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Owusu has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

Nana Inusah steps up from the WAFA academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nana Inusah has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Squad

No hiding place for Lebohang Lesako

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Lebohang Lesako, and the manager let it.

Match

Ashanti Gold take the points off WAFA

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief

  • Squad Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
  • Boardroom No investment in the facilities at WAFA
  • Player ratings Lebohang Lesako runs at them all day
2 Edition

The WAFA Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

WAFA turn down Medeama for Kwadwo Amoah

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Squad

A move Nzube Chukwurah 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. Nzube Chukwurah is living that version at WAFA, and it tends to show in the first month.

Market

Kwame Essien puts it in writing

“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.

Squad

Gladson Asamoah pulls a muscle — 15 days out

The injury that keeps coming back, keeps being rushed back from, and quietly costs more careers than the dramatic ones. 15 days is the estimate; the honest figure depends on whether anybody is patient.

Squad

Gladson Asamoah stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Gladson Asamoah and WAFA agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Squad

Kwadwo Amoah 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.

In brief