“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
SquadRahman Abdul asks for a word with the manager
A 1-0 win over Heart of Lions, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 36 with 6 appearances behind him, and Berekum Chelsea have to plan for both answers.
A new face in his position, and Evans Mensah suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Berekum Chelsea have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Asked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Torric Jebrin has let it be known that he does not like the way Berekum Chelsea are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. New Edubiase United defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Berekum Chelsea, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Sifiso Mlungwana: 1 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Augustine Agyapong and Berekum Chelsea agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Berekum Chelsea, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Asante Kotoko defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Kwesi Sorotu Badori and Berekum Chelsea agree another 5 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Berekum Chelsea have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
The shirt still fits. David Baba is back at Berekum Chelsea, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
The shirt still fits. Kamaldeen Adjei is back at Berekum Chelsea, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
The shirt still fits. Harrison Paintsil is back at Berekum Chelsea, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
The shirt still fits. Bernard Kyereh is back at Berekum Chelsea, and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 37 with 8 appearances behind him, and Berekum Chelsea have to plan for both answers.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Nkanyiso Madonsela is 36 and has run out of things to prove. What he has left is where to stand, when to slow it down and what to say at half-time, and none of that is on a fitness chart.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Berekum Chelsea has been clear about where Michael Mensah Awuah stands, which is more than many ever get.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Ebuka Akobundu keeps the shirt for now, at Berekum Chelsea's convenience rather than his own.
A new face in his position, and Evans Mensah suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Berekum Chelsea have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
A season-long audition: Rangers International still own him, but the shirt and the minutes are Berekum Chelsea's to give. A loan is a bet both clubs believe they are winning.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Berekum Chelsea, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
SquadSamuel Amofa asks for a word with the manager
He is 20, and nobody at Berekum Chelsea signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Berekum Chelsea has been clear about where Ebuka Akobundu stands, which is more than many ever get.
Robert Adokwe is 20, and Berekum Chelsea have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Tommy Iva has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Berekum Chelsea, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Berekum Chelsea, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Kennedy Mensah has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Berekum Chelsea, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Berekum Chelsea, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Berekum Chelsea, and both men came out saying it was fine.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. BA All Stars defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Evans Mensah and Berekum Chelsea agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
He found out with everybody else, an hour before kick-off, from a sheet of paper on a wall. Nobody at Berekum Chelsea pretended it was anything other than a decision about him.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
A 1-0 win over Heart of Lions, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Berekum Chelsea have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
SquadTorric Jebrin unhappy with how he is being used
MarketThe window shut and Kelvin Andoh is still in the building
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
The name of Emmanuel Sarpong has come up in conversations Berekum Chelsea were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Mohamed Atwa keeps the shirt for now, at Berekum Chelsea's convenience rather than his own.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Thomas Agyepong has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Berekum Chelsea know, and have known for weeks.
“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.
The terraces4 Jan 2027
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 30 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Berekum Chelsea, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
SquadThe selectors could not leave Johnson Amuzu out
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.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Thomas Agyepong has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Berekum Chelsea know, and have known for weeks.
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Berekum Chelsea have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Every debut is a small story about the future: Yakubu Saeed, 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
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.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Berekum Chelsea have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Shifted about, taken off before the hour, asked to do somebody else's running — Torric Jebrin has had enough of being useful and would like to be picked. Berekum Chelsea know, and have known for weeks.
In brief
The terracesThe press cannot get enough of Evans Mensah
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
A 1-0 win over New Edubiase United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Berekum Chelsea have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Berekum Chelsea, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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.
A 1-0 win over Bechem United, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Berekum Chelsea have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Ebenezer Shamo reports back to Berekum Chelsea with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Sifiso Mlungwana keeps the shirt for now, at Berekum Chelsea's convenience rather than his own.
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Berekum Chelsea can pretend not to have heard.
A new face in his position, and Rahman Abdul suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Berekum Chelsea have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Berekum Chelsea know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
A new face in his position, and Torric Jebrin suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Berekum Chelsea have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Berekum Chelsea has been clear about where Benjamin Abaidoo stands, which is more than many ever get.
“The easiest signature of my career.” Augustine Agyapong and Berekum Chelsea agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Berekum Chelsea has been clear about where Ahmed Adams stands, which is more than many ever get.