The Great Olympics Gazette
Squad31 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Francis Okoli
138 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Great Olympics lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
Great Olympics go back to the board over Abdul-Aziz Adam
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $54.0K — a club that wants Abdul-Aziz Adam enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Great Olympics make their move for Abdul-Aziz Adam
$53.0K on the table at Hearts of Oak. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Great Olympics
Eric Oteng and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad31 Aug 2026
A row about effort at Great Olympics
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Richmond Lamptey was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets31 Aug 2026
Bechem United tell Great Olympics: Yaw Annor is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
In brief
- Squad Samuel Afful out for 37 days
- Transfer targets Great Olympics try to borrow Felix Kudus
- Market Great Olympics and Salim Uzair Baafada are talking past each other
- Market Great Olympics bring in Morgan Manyama on loan