The Hearts of Oak Gazette
Squad4 Sep 2028
A fracture rules Handsome Surveyor out for 47 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Hearts of Oak will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market4 Sep 2028
Asamoah Boateng Afriyie’s move to Medeama falls through
The deal that would have taken Asamoah Boateng Afriyie to Medeama has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Hearts of Oak with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Market4 Sep 2028
Hearts of Oak say no — this time
The offer from New Edubiase United for Kelvin Appiah 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.
Market4 Sep 2028
Solomon Agbesi is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Hearts of Oak is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad4 Sep 2028
Tempers go at Hearts of Oak
Leeroy Owusu 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.
Player ratings4 Sep 2028
Nobody could get near Mohammed Hussein
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad4 Sep 2028
A late step up for Mohammed Hussein
At 24 the improving is meant to be over. It is not: 4 points better than the mark taken at the start of the year, which is the sort of thing that happens to players who take the boring parts of the job seriously.
Boardroom4 Sep 2028
Graduation day at Hearts of Oak
5 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Match2 Sep 2028
Hearts of Oak see off Medeama
Three points for Hearts of Oak, 2‑0 the final word against Medeama in a contest settled by the finer margins.
In brief
- Market Hearts of Oak promote Daniel Acquah from within
- Player ratings A masterclass from John McAtee
- Squad Thomas Addo falls out with a teammate over standards