The Liberty Professionals Chronicle
Squad7 Sep 2026
77 days out for Isaac Boateng after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Liberty Professionals will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market7 Sep 2026
Jonathan Mensah hands in a written request
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Liberty Professionals can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Deadline passes with 11 signed and 3 gone
That is the business done at Liberty Professionals until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Graduation day at Liberty Professionals
4 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.
Transfer targets7 Sep 2026
Door shut on Aboubacar Diarra
Liberty Professionals asked and Djoliba said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Squad7 Sep 2026
A falling-out at Liberty Professionals
Deruo Wisdom and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Market7 Sep 2026
One of our own: David Partey joins the Liberty Professionals first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. David Partey is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market7 Sep 2026
Jonathan Wakaso steps up from the Liberty Professionals academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Jonathan Wakaso 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
One of our own: Joseph Kudus joins the Liberty Professionals first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Joseph Kudus is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Transfer targets The window shuts on the Joseph Asamoah deal
- Squad Sa'ad Tijjani falls out with a teammate over standards
- Squad Andrew Bukari slips down the pecking order