The Berekum Chelsea Gazette
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
No thanks: Kofi Asante rejects the move
Berekum Chelsea had done everything except persuade the man himself. He stays at Aduana Stars, and the manager goes back to the drawing board with the money still in the bank.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Evans Botchway signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Evans Botchway commits to Berekum Chelsea for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Elvis Manu in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Berekum Chelsea this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Berekum Chelsea rebuffed over Joseph Arumala
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Ikorodu City have kept their man, and Berekum Chelsea go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Evans Botchway falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
Andre Appiah steps up from the Berekum Chelsea academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Andre Appiah 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Daniel Asante joins the Berekum Chelsea first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Daniel Asante is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Abraham Adjei joins the Berekum Chelsea first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Abraham Adjei is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Harrison Baba joins the Berekum Chelsea first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Harrison Baba is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- The dugout No hiding place for Augustine Agyapong
- Squad Somebody is after Elvis Manu’s shirt