David Inusah

Attacking Midfielder (R) - Retired
24 Jun 2035
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376 Edition

The Ashanti Gold Sentinel

10 Oct 2033
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market10 Oct 2033

Albert Kyereh asks to leave Ashanti Gold

“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.

Squad10 Oct 2033

A falling-out at Ashanti Gold

Eric Oteng and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad10 Oct 2033

Joseph Ablorh is slowing down

At 34, 3 points below where he was, and a body that has started charging interest. It happens to all of them and it is still the hardest paragraph on this page.

The dugout10 Oct 2033

Japhet Matondo has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Ashanti Gold will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout10 Oct 2033

The manager makes an example of Osman Nuhu

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

The dugout10 Oct 2033

Japhet Matondo asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Squad10 Oct 2033

Baba Ayew, 20, is the weekend’s best young player

Measured against every other kid in the division and first among them. The senior award is where Ashanti Gold would like this to lead.

Market10 Oct 2033

The Japhet Matondo story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Japhet Matondo signs something — a contract at Ashanti Gold or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

Market10 Oct 2033

Ashanti Gold and Mohammed Essien are talking past each other

“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.

In brief

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375 Edition

The Ashanti Gold Sentinel

3 Oct 2033
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings3 Oct 2033

A brace, and Baba Ayew takes the afternoon — 8.57

There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Baba Ayew provided it, and the 8.57 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.

Match1 Oct 2033

Ashanti Gold end the wait against Inter Allies

It had gone 10 games. The players did not celebrate like men who had won a match; they celebrated like men who had been let out of something.

Market3 Oct 2033

Samuel Schlupp puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ashanti Gold, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market3 Oct 2033

David Inusah is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ashanti Gold is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad3 Oct 2033

Words exchanged at Ashanti Gold

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.

The terraces3 Oct 2033

One of their own: Baba Ayew

He is 20 and the ground already sings his name, which is a thing that happens to local boys and almost never to signings. Everything from here is measured against an affection he did nothing to earn except be from here.

Match1 Oct 2033

Ashanti Gold get the job done against Inter Allies

A 2‑0 win over Inter Allies, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

Player ratings3 Oct 2033

Nobody could get near Abdul Awudu

Successful dribbles: 18. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad3 Oct 2033

Andrew Appiah stays put

“The easiest signature of my career.” Andrew Appiah and Ashanti Gold agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.

In brief

  • Squad Joseph Ablorh is no longer first choice
  • The dugout The view from the dugout
  • The dugout When it matters, Abdul Awudu plays
371 Edition

The Ashanti Gold Sentinel

5 Sep 2033
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad5 Sep 2033

Isaac Twum breaks a bone — 16 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 16 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Boardroom5 Sep 2033

Deadline passes with 7 signed and 13 gone

That is the business done at Ashanti Gold 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.

Market5 Sep 2033

David Inusah is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Ashanti Gold is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

Squad5 Sep 2033

Isaac Twum signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Isaac Twum and Ashanti Gold agree another 2 years.

Squad5 Sep 2033

Words exchanged at Ashanti Gold

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.

Transfer targets5 Sep 2033

Ashanti Gold bid $47.0K for Francis Uzoho

The offer went to Asante Kotoko this week and it is theirs to answer. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loud the door closes.

Boardroom5 Sep 2033

Graduation day at Ashanti Gold

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.

Market5 Sep 2033

One of our own: Abeiku Kyereh joins the Ashanti Gold first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Abeiku Kyereh is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market5 Sep 2033

One of our own: Albert Afful joins the Ashanti Gold first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Albert Afful is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief

368 Edition

The Ashanti Gold Sentinel

15 Aug 2033
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad15 Aug 2033

Isaac Twum breaks a bone — 38 days out

Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 38 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.

Squad15 Aug 2033

A falling-out at Ashanti Gold

Eric Oteng and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets15 Aug 2033

Heart of Lions tell Ashanti Gold: Afriyie Paintsil 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.

The dugout15 Aug 2033

Japhet Matondo has become a man the manager trusts

Nobody at Ashanti Gold will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.

The dugout15 Aug 2033

Japhet Matondo asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

The dugout15 Aug 2033

The manager has not finished forgetting Harrison Mensah's mistake

Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.

Boardroom15 Aug 2033

The Ashanti Gold production line keeps running

73 graduates out of an academy now rated 9 out of 20. Clubs this size survive on exactly that, and the town knows every name.

Market15 Aug 2033

David Inusah's agent talks up a move

“He is at an age where he has to be playing at the top level. We will listen to anybody.” The representative of David Inusah is not being subtle.

Squad15 Aug 2033

The training reports on Samuel Schlupp are not good

A bad Saturday is forgiven; a bad Tuesday is chosen. Standards have slipped and in a building where everybody watches everybody, it has been noticed.

In brief

366 Edition

The Ashanti Gold Sentinel

1 Aug 2033
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Squad1 Aug 2033

A fracture rules Isaac Twum out for 52 days

Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Ashanti Gold will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.

Market1 Aug 2033

Bernard Schlupp puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Ashanti Gold, and it is not being withdrawn.

Market1 Aug 2033

David Inusah has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Ashanti Gold they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

Squad1 Aug 2033

Eric Oteng 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 Ashanti Gold this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Transfer targets1 Aug 2033

Ashanti Gold rebuffed over Timi Ogunniyi

Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Asante Kotoko have kept their man, and Ashanti Gold go back to a list with one name crossed off it.

Squad1 Aug 2033

Kwame Amoah signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Kwame Amoah commits to Ashanti Gold for another 3 years.

Transfer targets1 Aug 2033

A loan move for Iba Ly is in the works

Ashanti Gold have made the call to Asante Kotoko. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.

Transfer targets1 Aug 2033

Ashanti Gold try to borrow Afriyie Paintsil

Heart of Lions have been asked whether they would lend him. Loans are agreed quickly or not at all, and this one will be one or the other by the weekend.

Transfer targets1 Aug 2033

Ashanti Gold ask about Abeiku Asante

A loan enquiry to WAFA: cover, or a look at somebody the club cannot afford to buy yet. Either way the answer will come back inside the week.

In brief