Baba Afful

Striker - Liberty Professionals
7 May 2034
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Marked for Baba Afful

353 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

2 May 2033
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad2 May 2033

Wisdom Acquah breaks a bone — 121 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 121 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad2 May 2033

Jonathan Amoah named in the team of the month

A month is long enough that nobody gets in by accident. Jonathan Amoah is in the division's best eleven for it, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a more reliable one.

The dugout2 May 2033

When it matters, Jeffrey Ofori plays

It is never announced and it is entirely visible: the biggest afternoons of the season keep containing him. A press box works this out long before anybody at the club confirms a word of it.

Market2 May 2033

The Albert Schlupp talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Liberty Professionals know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

The dugout2 May 2033

Baba Asante knocks on the manager's door

“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Liberty Professionals, and both men came out saying it was fine.

Market2 May 2033

The clock does Warona Medupe’s negotiating for him

4 months left, and both sides know what that means: every week without a signature, the fee Liberty Professionals could ask drops and the wages Warona Medupe can ask rise.

The dugout2 May 2033

The manager makes Gladson Mohammed a promise

Nothing in writing and nothing in public: a word about playing time, given face to face at Liberty Professionals. The team sheets over the next month will show whether it was worth having.

Boardroom2 May 2033

The Liberty Professionals production line keeps running

67 graduates out of an academy now rated 7 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.

Squad2 May 2033

Jonathan Amoah in the team of the week — 7.37

7.37 across the ninety minutes, and a place in the division’s best eleven for it. Nobody who saw the match will argue.

In brief

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351 Edition

The Liberty Professionals Chronicle

18 Apr 2033
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Squad18 Apr 2033

Wisdom Acquah breaks a bone — 135 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 135 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Match16 Apr 2033

Liberty Professionals taken apart

0‑3 to Asante Kotoko, and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.

The dugout18 Apr 2033

No hiding place for Albert Schlupp

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

Squad18 Apr 2033

Baba Afful stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Baba Afful and Liberty Professionals agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

Boardroom18 Apr 2033

Doors closed at Liberty Professionals

The music was off and the showers ran late. What was said in that dressing room stays there, but Saturday will publish the minutes.

The dugout18 Apr 2033

Isaac Wakaso: “No excuses”

“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑3, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.

The dugout18 Apr 2033

Jonathan Amoah has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Liberty Professionals will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout18 Apr 2033

Liberty Professionals pick somebody else ahead of Warona Medupe

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Squad18 Apr 2033

A ban for Kelvin Osei Asibey

One booking too many, and a game watched from the stand. Liberty Professionals lose him for the most avoidable reason in the sport.

In brief