Marked for Thomas Partey
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 Jun 2028
Thomas Partey: 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.
Boardroom19 Jun 2028
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Amos Schlupp 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.
Squad19 Jun 2028
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.
Back issues
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Uneasy
Match27 Nov 2027
Whatever happens, WAFA do not lose
13 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.
Match27 Nov 2027
No end in sight to WAFA's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at WAFA has to find a result from somewhere.
Market29 Nov 2027
“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 The request is on a desk at WAFA, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad29 Nov 2027
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” WAFA may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Tempers go at WAFA
Mehdi Khallati 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.
Squad29 Nov 2027
A move Emmanuel Kotei 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. Emmanuel Kotei is living that version at WAFA, and it tends to show in the first month.
Squad29 Nov 2027
Christian Mensah 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.
Player ratings29 Nov 2027
7.96, and no serious argument from anybody who was there. WAFA had eleven men on the pitch and one of them decided how it went.
Match27 Nov 2027
A 1‑1 draw with Heart of Lions leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Steady
Match23 Oct 2027
8 unbeaten for WAFA
Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 8 matches without defeat is a foundation WAFA did not have in the autumn.
Squad25 Oct 2027
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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Mehdi Khallati 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.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
A mark of 7.81, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Thomas Partey commits to WAFA for another 3 years.
Match23 Oct 2027
A 1‑1 draw with Asante Kotoko leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Crisis
Squad21 Sep 2026
A fracture rules Thomas Partey out for 18 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason WAFA will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Albert Appiah 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christian Mensah 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.
Match19 Sep 2026
BA All Stars left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
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Crisis
Squad14 Sep 2026
Thomas Partey breaks a bone — 26 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 26 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at WAFA training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yaw Acquah 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
WAFA come up short against Medeama
Medeama left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
“I did not go to New Edubiase United to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad7 Sep 2026
Thomas Partey breaks a bone — 33 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 33 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market7 Sep 2026
Edmund Afful 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Christian Mensah 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
The deal that would have taken Abdul Mohammed to Aiglons has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to WAFA with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Youssef El Omari 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
One of our own: Jeffrey Mensah joins the WAFA first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jeffrey Mensah is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Sep 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Abraham Atiemo 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.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Nana Partey 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad31 Aug 2026
A fracture rules Thomas Partey out for 41 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason WAFA will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market31 Aug 2026
Thomas 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.
Market31 Aug 2026
WAFA say no — this time
The offer from Aiglons for Yaw Owusu 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at WAFA
Abraham Atiemo 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Christian Mensah 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Afriyie Asamoah and WAFA agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
In brief
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Market
Aiglons are about to pick up the phone
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Market
Osman Inusah is free to find somewhere else