The Hearts of Oak Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Bello Martins due for a Hearts of Oak medical
Everything agreed with Rivers United, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Market10 Aug 2026
So close: Sharif Shuaib’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Inter Allies moved on, Sharif Shuaib reports back to Hearts of Oak, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Hearts of Oak
Benjamin Asare 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Christian Mensah joins the Hearts of Oak first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Christian Mensah is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Hearts of Oak promote Baba Gyan from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Baba Gyan 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Thomas Kudus steps up from the Hearts of Oak academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Kudus 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.
In brief
- Squad Emmanuel Ntim has outgrown this division
- Squad A wage question at Hearts of Oak
- Squad Somebody is after Evans Mensah’s shirt