The Liberty Professionals Chronicle
Squad3 Jul 2028
The knee: Samuel Waris out for 103 days
103 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Liberty Professionals lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Boardroom3 Jul 2028
Liberty Professionals spell it out for Isaac Kyereh
The board’s statement ran to three sentences and one of them mentioned results. Isaac Kyereh has managed long enough to translate: win soon, or the next statement is shorter.
Boardroom3 Jul 2028
The Liberty Professionals board call everybody in
Nothing has been announced and everybody understands what it means. A board that summons the whole football department on a Tuesday morning is a board that has stopped believing the problem will fix itself.
Market3 Jul 2028
Patrick Djiku is on his way
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Liberty Professionals is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market3 Jul 2028
Liberty Professionals turn down Bechem United for Abdul Essien
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
The dugout3 Jul 2028
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Squad3 Jul 2028
Tempers go at Liberty Professionals
Mohammed Djiku 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.
Market3 Jul 2028
Felix Mohammed steps up from the Liberty Professionals academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Felix Mohammed 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.
Market3 Jul 2028
One of our own: Andre Mohammed joins the Liberty Professionals first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Andre Mohammed is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Boardroom Liberty Professionals sign 6 boys into the academy
- The dugout Edmund Atiemo loses the manager who believed in him
- The dugout Kwame Adjei knocks on the manager's door