The Medeama Courier
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Nobody could get near Derrick Fordjour
Successful dribbles: 31. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market7 Sep 2026
Medeama turn down Wa All Stars for Yakubu Saeed
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Kelvin Nkrumah is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 19 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
4 academy players handed senior numbers at Medeama
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Medeama training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yussif Mubarik is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
Wages eat 144% of everything Medeama earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
The terraces7 Sep 2026
The crowd has taken to Manuel Mantey
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Market7 Sep 2026
Medeama promote Mohammed Asante from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Mohammed Asante 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Medeama promote Kwame Afful from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kwame Afful 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.
In brief
- Market Andre Ayew steps up from the Medeama academy
- Player ratings Ninety minutes of Manuel Mantey at his very best
- Player ratings One of those days for Emmanuel Owusu