The Berekum Chelsea Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No deal for Bernard Somuah at that price
Berekum Chelsea offered $360.0K; Asante Kotoko said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Berekum Chelsea
Olufemi Kayode and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Door shut on Kelvin Appiah
Berekum Chelsea asked and Hearts of Oak said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Market10 Aug 2026
Berekum Chelsea promote Emmanuel Appiah from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Emmanuel 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Bernard Schlupp steps up from the Berekum Chelsea academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Bernard Schlupp 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Bernard Djiku joins the Berekum Chelsea first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Bernard Djiku is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market One of our own: Ernest Atiemo joins the Berekum Chelsea first team
- Squad Words at Berekum Chelsea training over how hard people work
- Squad Competition arrives for Thomas Agyepong
- Squad The training reports on Eric Ofori-Antwi are not good