The Berekum Chelsea Gazette
Boardroom8 Sep 2031
Berekum Chelsea write off $49.6K on Kelvin Asenso
He arrived for a fee and leaves for a fraction of it. $49.6K of what Berekum Chelsea paid for Kelvin Asenso is money the club will not see again, and the boardroom will be asked about it for two seasons.
Market8 Sep 2031
Patrick Mohammed asks to leave Berekum Chelsea
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad8 Sep 2031
Michael Acquaye signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Michael Acquaye and Berekum Chelsea agree another 3 years.
Squad8 Sep 2031
Tempers go at Berekum Chelsea
Kwesi Sorotu Badori 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.
Boardroom8 Sep 2031
Graduation day at Berekum Chelsea
7 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 targets8 Sep 2031
Ché Nunnely stays at Asante Kotoko as time runs out
A deal that was a phone call from completion at lunchtime was dead by midnight. Berekum Chelsea will try again when the window opens; Asante Kotoko may not be selling by then.
Market8 Sep 2031
Berekum Chelsea promote Albert Paintsil from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Albert Paintsil 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.
Market8 Sep 2031
Berekum Chelsea promote Kwame Partey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Kwame Partey 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.
Market8 Sep 2031
One of our own: Jonathan Asante joins the Berekum Chelsea first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Jonathan Asante is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Squad A row about effort at Berekum Chelsea
- The dugout Gladson Amoah gets it from the manager
- The dugout Daniel Afful is still being punished for one mistake