From our football correspondent
Steady
Market15 Nov 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at WAFA is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Amos Appiah gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match13 Nov 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad15 Nov 2027
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. WAFA have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Market15 Nov 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. WAFA know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad15 Nov 2027
Andile Mahlangu 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.
Back issues
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Upbeat
Squad8 Nov 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Amos Appiah and WAFA agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match6 Nov 2027
A 4-3 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.
Squad8 Nov 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market8 Nov 2027
The name of Anthony Omaka keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad8 Nov 2027
The wait is over, and the relief was visible from the back of the stand. 1 for the season, and the next one always comes easier.
Squad8 Nov 2027
Mohammed Adjei unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Mohammed Adjei has let it be known that he does not like the way WAFA are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Match30 Oct 2027
No mercy from WAFA
Bechem United will want this one forgotten quickly: 4-1, every duel lost, and a long ride home. WAFA were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Market1 Nov 2027
Abeiku Kyereh hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WAFA can pretend not to have heard.
Squad1 Nov 2027
44 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The manager makes an example of Anthony Omaka
“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.
Squad1 Nov 2027
The medical room confirms 17 days on the sidelines for Abeiku Boakye , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad1 Nov 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Abeiku Boakye commits to WAFA for another 1 years.
In brief
The terraces
The press have found their man in Amos Appiah
Boardroom
The WAFA production line keeps running
The terraces
The stand has a song for Patrick Partey
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Squad25 Oct 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 8 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Match23 Oct 2027
A 1-1 draw with Asante Kotoko leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad25 Oct 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market18 Oct 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at WAFA is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad18 Oct 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Samuel Atiemo and WAFA agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match16 Oct 2027
Three points for WAFA , 2-1 the final word against Liberty Professionals in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The manager makes an example of Mohammed Adjei
“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.
Market18 Oct 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. WAFA know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad18 Oct 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match6 Oct 2027
WAFA out of the cupWa All Stars ended it 0-1. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Match9 Oct 2027
8 matches without a win for WAFA
The run now stands at 8, and the questions being asked around WAFA are no longer polite ones.
Match9 Oct 2027
Great Olympics left with the points after a 1-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad11 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Mohammed Inusah commits to WAFA for another 1 years.
Squad11 Oct 2027
Every debut is a small story about the future: Joseph Wakaso , 15 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market4 Oct 2027
Abeiku Kyereh hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WAFA can pretend not to have heard.
Match2 Oct 2027
No end in sight to WAFA 's wait for a win
6 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at WAFA has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alfred Odinaka commits to WAFA for another 5 years.
Squad4 Oct 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad4 Oct 2027
46 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match2 Oct 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
In brief
Squad
Mohammed Inusah is not saying it is over
Boardroom
The WAFA production line keeps running
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match25 Sep 2027
No end in sight to WAFA 's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at WAFA has to find a result from somewhere.
Match25 Sep 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Mohammed Inusah
“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.
Squad27 Sep 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad27 Sep 2027
A new face in his position, and Anthony Omaka suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. WAFA have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market27 Sep 2027
David Amoah linked with a move awayThe name of David Amoah keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market20 Sep 2027
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at WAFA is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match18 Sep 2027
No end in sight to WAFA 's wait for a win
4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at WAFA has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad20 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Anthony Omaka
“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.
Match18 Sep 2027
A 4-4 draw with BA All Stars leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad20 Sep 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Felix Inusah commits to WAFA for another 4 years.
Squad20 Sep 2027
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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market13 Sep 2027
Heart of Lions are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. WAFA will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad13 Sep 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Joseph Wakaso and WAFA agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad13 Sep 2027
The manager makes an example of Osman Gyan
“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.
Osman Gyan Heart of Lions are about to pick up the phone
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market6 Sep 2027
Abeiku Kyereh hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WAFA can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom6 Sep 2027
The board have signed the man in the dugout to a longer contract, which says more than any statement of support. Stability is easy to promise and costly to keep.
Market6 Sep 2027
The shirt still fits. Joseph Wakaso is back at WAFA , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Market6 Sep 2027
He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.
Market6 Sep 2027
The shirt still fits. Mohammed Gyan is back at WAFA , and half the ground remembers him in these colours already. Some signings need selling to the town; this one sold itself.
Squad6 Sep 2027
74 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Match4 Sep 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad6 Sep 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad6 Sep 2027
At 17 years old, Mohammed Gyan became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
In brief
Squad
Osman Gyan is off the mark for WAFA
Boardroom
The WAFA production line keeps running
Boardroom
WAFA spend it where nobody looks
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market30 Aug 2027
David Bukari hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WAFA can pretend not to have heard.
Market30 Aug 2027
David Amoah linked with a move awayThe name of David Amoah keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad30 Aug 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Joseph Schlupp plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market23 Aug 2027
The bid was some way short and WAFA did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market23 Aug 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. WAFA know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Market23 Aug 2027
WAFA have made David Bukari available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad16 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Mohammed Inusah
“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.
Market16 Aug 2027
The name of Anthony Omaka keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad9 Aug 2027
The medical room confirms 105 days on the sidelines for Abeiku Boakye , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad9 Aug 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Dallami Abubakar and WAFA agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market9 Aug 2027
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” David Bukari has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at WAFA .
Squad9 Aug 2027
The manager makes an example of Samuel Djiku
“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.
Market9 Aug 2027
“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.
Squad9 Aug 2027
Mohammed Inusah 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad2 Aug 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Dallami Abubakar commits to WAFA for another 3 years.
Boardroom2 Aug 2027
WAFA release $82.4K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Market2 Aug 2027
A conversation is coming this week. WAFA will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market26 Jul 2027
A conversation is coming this week. WAFA will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad26 Jul 2027
Osman Gyan gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market26 Jul 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. WAFA know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market19 Jul 2027
The bid was some way short and WAFA did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market19 Jul 2027
The fee is $50.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Liberty Professionals drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Market19 Jul 2027
Wa All Stars pay $4.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Osman Gyan Liberty Professionals come back empty-handed
Market19 Jul 2027
The name of Anthony Omaka keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad19 Jul 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Joseph Schlupp keeps the shirt for now, at WAFA 's convenience rather than his own.
Squad19 Jul 2027
Osman Gyan knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at WAFA , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad12 Jul 2027
20 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad12 Jul 2027
136 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market12 Jul 2027
The name of Osman Gyan has come up in conversations WAFA were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Boardroom5 Jul 2027
WAFA release $82.4K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Squad5 Jul 2027
The manager makes an example of Kwame Mohammed
“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.
Market5 Jul 2027
David Amoah linked with a move awayThe name of David Amoah keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad5 Jul 2027
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 35 with 2 appearances behind him, and WAFA have to plan for both answers.
Squad5 Jul 2027
Public backing, and the sort that costs a manager something if it turns out to be wrong. Anthony Omaka has been told in front of everybody that the shirt is his.
Market5 Jul 2027
The loan is over: 0 appearances and 0 goals away from home, and now the harder question of whether he is wanted here.
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Steady
Squad28 Jun 2027
The manager makes an example of Abeiku Kyereh
“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.
Market28 Jun 2027
WAFA bring in an old headDanso Wiredu is 33 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.
Market28 Jun 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. WAFA know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad21 Jun 2027
Mohammed Inusah : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” WAFA have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market21 Jun 2027
The bid was some way short and WAFA did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market21 Jun 2027
Emmanuel Acquah has left for Hasaacas in a $43.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Abeiku Kyereh 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.
Squad21 Jun 2027
Samuel Djiku gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market21 Jun 2027
The name of Anthony Omaka keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad14 Jun 2027
50 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market14 Jun 2027
The name of Osman Gyan has come up in conversations WAFA were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Loan watch14 Jun 2027
“I did not go to Inter Allies to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 42 matches say the rest.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market7 Jun 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Boardroom7 Jun 2027
WAFA release $82.4K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Loan watch7 Jun 2027
“I did not go to Inter Allies to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 23 appearances in 41 matches say the rest.
Squad7 Jun 2027
Somebody is after Amos Essien ’s shirt
A new face in his position, and Amos Essien suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. WAFA have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Squad7 Jun 2027
“Ask me in the summer. I will know before anybody else does.” He is 34 with 5 appearances behind him, and WAFA have to plan for both answers.
Market7 Jun 2027
David Amoah linked with a move awayThe name of David Amoah keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad31 May 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch31 May 2027
23 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
Squad31 May 2027
Abdul Schlupp knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at WAFA , and both men came out saying it was fine.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market24 May 2027
The name of Anthony Omaka keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
Squad24 May 2027
Gladson Afful 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.
Squad24 May 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Daniel Mensah plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
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Steady
Squad17 May 2027
Emmanuel Sarpong : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” WAFA have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad17 May 2027
The medical room confirms 79 days on the sidelines for Anthony Omaka , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Squad17 May 2027
29 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Loan watch10 May 2027
“I did not go to Inter Allies to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 3 appearances in 37 matches say the rest.
Squad10 May 2027
Emmanuel Sarpong 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 May 2027
The message was aimed at the stands as much as the dressing room: Joseph Schlupp plays, and the argument is closed until the manager decides otherwise.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Boardroom3 May 2027
$82.4K on the table at WAFA
The board have answered with money instead of encouragement, which is the only answer a manager ever wants. Spending it well is now entirely his problem.
Squad3 May 2027
The manager makes an example of Samuel Djiku
“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.
Squad3 May 2027
Mohammed Inusah 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market26 Apr 2027
$3.7M is a serious amount of money and it does not play centre-forward. Everybody in the dressing room knows who used to be looked at when it went wrong.
Squad26 Apr 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad26 Apr 2027
Abeiku Kyereh 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad19 Apr 2027
107 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Squad19 Apr 2027
The medical room confirms 57 days on the sidelines for Joseph Schlupp , and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
Market19 Apr 2027
A conversation is coming this week. WAFA will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market12 Apr 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. WAFA have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Loan watch12 Apr 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at WAFA , and 3 appearances in 33 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad12 Apr 2027
Osman Gyan gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad5 Apr 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad5 Apr 2027
“The easiest signature of my career.” Amos Appiah and WAFA agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Boardroom5 Apr 2027
WAFA release $82.4K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad29 Mar 2027
Gladson Afful : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” WAFA have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match27 Mar 2027
Beaten 0-2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Loan watch29 Mar 2027
“I did not go to Ashanti Gold to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 7 matches say the rest.
Squad29 Mar 2027
“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.
Market29 Mar 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. WAFA know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad29 Mar 2027
The shirt belongs to Kofi Asmah now
At 24 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. WAFA have a decision that made itself.
In brief
Squad
The selectors could not leave Joseph Schlupp out
Boardroom
The WAFA board put their names to it
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad22 Mar 2027
27 goals and a season average of 7.45. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match22 Mar 2027
WAFA are in among the leadersPosition 3 and 52 points on the board. Nobody at the ground will say the word out loud yet, and everybody at the ground is thinking it.
Squad22 Mar 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Match13 Mar 2027
Rarely has this fixture seen a display like it: 4-0 against Heart of Lions , and it could have been more.
Squad15 Mar 2027
A season average of 7.42 with 26 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Squad15 Mar 2027
The match ball belongs to Kwame Paintsil , whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Squad8 Mar 2027
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Anthony Omaka commits to WAFA for another 4 years.
Squad8 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom8 Mar 2027
WAFA release $82.4K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Match6 Mar 2027
A 1-1 draw with Berekum Chelsea leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market8 Mar 2027
The name of Kwame Paintsil keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
Loan watch8 Mar 2027
20 appearances away from home and 3 goals to show for them. Every one of them makes next summer's conversation a little more expensive.
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Steady
Squad1 Mar 2027
Samuel Djiku : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” WAFA have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match27 Feb 2027
0-1 to New Edubiase United , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch1 Mar 2027
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at WAFA , and 19 appearances in 27 say he has earned the hearing.
Market1 Mar 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. WAFA know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad1 Mar 2027
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Andre Appiah is 34, with 0 appearances behind him, and WAFA will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
In brief
Squad
Alfred Odinaka named in the team of the week
Boardroom
The WAFA board put their names to it
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Squad22 Feb 2027
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 9 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Squad22 Feb 2027
23 goals and a season average of 7.41. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match20 Feb 2027
Three points for WAFA , 2-0 the final word against Inter Allies in a contest settled by the finer margins.
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Upbeat
Squad15 Feb 2027
22 goals and a season average of 7.37. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match13 Feb 2027
Bechem United made WAFA work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Loan watch15 Feb 2027
“I did not go to Inter Allies to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 25 matches say the rest.
Squad15 Feb 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad15 Feb 2027
At 19 he is in the side on merit and somebody else is watching from the bench. Places at WAFA are won quietly and lost loudly.
Squad15 Feb 2027
The wait is over, and the relief was visible from the back of the stand. 3 for the season, and the next one always comes easier.
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Steady
Match6 Feb 2027
Asante Kotoko left with the points after a 0-2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad8 Feb 2027
Kofi Asmah gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad8 Feb 2027
The award goes to Kwame Paintsil , and nobody around here is inclined to argue with the choice.
Boardroom8 Feb 2027
WAFA release $82.4K for the managerThe board have put money on the table rather than an encouraging word. What happens to it now is somebody else's problem, and somebody else's job.
Market8 Feb 2027
The name of Kwame Paintsil keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
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Upbeat
Match30 Jan 2027
Still nobody has beaten WAFA
The unbeaten run reaches 12. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad1 Feb 2027
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The manager makes an example of Samuel Atiemo
“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.
Match30 Jan 2027
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Market1 Feb 2027
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. WAFA know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad1 Feb 2027
The competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Kwame Paintsil keeps the shirt for now, at WAFA 's convenience rather than his own.
Market1 Feb 2027
The window shut and Kwame Paintsil is still in the building
WAFA spent a month trying to move him and nobody rang back. He trains with a squad that has told him where he stands, and both sides start counting down to the next one.
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Triumph
Match23 Jan 2027
4-0, and the margin flattered nobody — it could have carried another goal or two without complaint. Afternoons like this are why people keep coming.
Match25 Jan 2027
WAFA up to position 238 points on the board and a place in the leading group. Nobody at the ground is saying the word out loud yet.
Market25 Jan 2027
The bid was some way short and WAFA did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad25 Jan 2027
3 goals in one afternoon from one man. The other players were also present, a witness confirmed.
Squad25 Jan 2027
20 goals and a season average of 7.38. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match23 Jan 2027
WAFA cannot stop winning3 wins on the spin now, and the question has changed from whether the run ends to who ends it. Confidence like this cannot be bought; it has to be earned exactly this way.
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Upbeat
Match16 Jan 2027
Still nobody has beaten WAFA
The unbeaten run reaches 10. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Market18 Jan 2027
The name of Kwame Paintsil has come up in conversations WAFA were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad18 Jan 2027
Samuel Bukari : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” WAFA have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad18 Jan 2027
17 goals and a season average of 7.30. Form like that gets noticed well beyond this town.
Match16 Jan 2027
Three points for WAFA , 4-3 the final word against Wa All Stars in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Market18 Jan 2027
Abraham Djiku has left for Inter Allies in a $170.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Market18 Jan 2027
Great Olympics pay $84.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
Squad18 Jan 2027
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch18 Jan 2027
“I did not go to Inter Allies to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 21 matches say the rest.
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Upbeat
Match9 Jan 2027
Still nobody has beaten WAFA
The unbeaten run reaches 9. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad11 Jan 2027
A season average of 7.22 with 15 goals behind it. Opponents have started planning around him, which is the sincerest compliment football pays.
Match9 Jan 2027
Aduana Stars made WAFA work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-2 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Market11 Jan 2027
The name of Abeiku Boakye has come up in conversations WAFA were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Market11 Jan 2027
He is 19, and nobody at WAFA signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
Squad11 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Kwame Mohammed
“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.
Market11 Jan 2027
A conversation is coming this week. WAFA will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
Squad11 Jan 2027
Every debut is a small story about the future: Alfred Odinaka , 19 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
Market11 Jan 2027
The name of Kwame Paintsil keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Market4 Jan 2027
Abeiku Boakye hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WAFA can pretend not to have heard.
Match2 Jan 2027
Still nobody has beaten WAFA
The unbeaten run reaches 8. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad4 Jan 2027
The manager makes an example of Kwame Paintsil
“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.
Market4 Jan 2027
The interest is real enough to have reached print. WAFA have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Loan watch4 Jan 2027
“I did not go to Inter Allies to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 12 appearances in 19 matches say the rest.
Match2 Jan 2027
It finished 1-1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
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Upbeat
Market28 Dec 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at WAFA is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match26 Dec 2026
Still nobody has beaten WAFA
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad28 Dec 2026
A season average of 7.07 at an age when most of his year group are still in the youth team. WAFA know what they have, and so, by now, does everybody else.
Match26 Dec 2026
Medeama made WAFA work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad28 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Amos Appiah
“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.
Market28 Dec 2026
“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.
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Steady
Squad21 Dec 2026
The match ball belongs to Kwame Paintsil , whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Match19 Dec 2026
Three points for WAFA , 3-2 the final word against Ashanti Gold in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Match19 Dec 2026
Still nobody has beaten WAFA
The unbeaten run reaches 6. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad21 Dec 2026
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.
Loan watch21 Dec 2026
“I did not go to Inter Allies to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 17 matches say the rest.
Squad21 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Mohammed Adjei
“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.
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Uneasy
Match12 Dec 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad14 Dec 2026
The manager makes an example of Kwame Mohammed
“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.
Squad14 Dec 2026
Amos Appiah knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at WAFA , and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Match5 Dec 2026
Honours even between WAFA and Hasaacas
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad7 Dec 2026
David Bukari gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Market7 Dec 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Steady
Squad30 Nov 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Mohammed Inusah : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” WAFA have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Market30 Nov 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at WAFA is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
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Upbeat
Squad23 Nov 2026
Andrew Boateng : that is not what I was promised“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” WAFA have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Match21 Nov 2026
A 2-0 win over Berekum Chelsea , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Loan watch23 Nov 2026
“I did not go to Inter Allies to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 2 appearances in 13 matches say the rest.
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Steady
Squad16 Nov 2026
There were 6 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match14 Nov 2026
A 2-2 draw with New Edubiase United leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
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Crisis
Match7 Nov 2026
WAFA taken apart0-3 to Inter Allies , and it was every bit as bad as the number suggests. There are defeats you argue about and defeats you apologise for; this was the second kind.
Squad9 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of David Amoah
“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.
Boardroom9 Nov 2026
Nobody left the WAFA dressing room in a hurry
The door stayed shut a long time after the final whistle. What was said in there is between them; whether it worked is between them and Saturday.
David Amoah The manager makes an example of David Amoah
Market9 Nov 2026
“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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Joseph Schlupp knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Loan watch9 Nov 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at WAFA , and 0 appearances in 13 say he has earned the hearing.
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Steady
Market2 Nov 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at WAFA is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Match31 Oct 2026
Bechem United made WAFA work for it, but the scoreboard read 2-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Loan watch2 Nov 2026
“I did not go to Inter Allies to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 4 appearances in 10 matches say the rest.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The manager makes an example of Kwame Mohammed
“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.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The captaincy has been taken off Anthony Omaka . WAFA will call it a decision about the team; a dressing room reads it as a verdict on a man.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
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Crisis
Match24 Oct 2026
1-3 to Asante Kotoko , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad26 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch26 Oct 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at WAFA , and 1 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
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Steady
Match17 Oct 2026
A 2-1 win over Liberty Professionals , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Kofi Asmah gets it from the manager“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Kwame Mohammed knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at WAFA , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Anthony Omaka unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Anthony Omaka has let it be known that he does not like the way WAFA are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The shirt belongs to Kofi Asmah now
At 23 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. WAFA have a decision that made itself.
Market19 Oct 2026
Contract settled, hands shaken, no fee changing hands. Kwadwo Partey leaves WAFA the quiet way, and the wage bill breathes a little easier.
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Steady
Match7 Oct 2026
WAFA out of the cupMedeama ended it 0-2. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at WAFA , and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Mohammed Adjei
“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.
Francis Ofori Francis Ofori has seen enough of New Edubiase United
Squad12 Oct 2026
An error at the back is a moment; an error in goal is a goal. Samuel Djiku knows it, the crowd knew it instantly, and there was nobody behind him to make it anything else.
Match10 Oct 2026
It finished 2-2, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad12 Oct 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. WAFA have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Steady
Market5 Oct 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at WAFA is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Kwame Mohammed
“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.
Match3 Oct 2026
A 1-1 draw with Wa All Stars leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Squad5 Oct 2026
The first one is the one every signing is asked about until it arrives. It has arrived, and he can stop being asked.
Squad5 Oct 2026
David Bukari knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at WAFA , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I will know when it is time. I am not there yet.” Mohammed Inusah is 34, with 1 appearances behind him, and WAFA will have to plan for whichever answer comes.
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Upbeat
Match26 Sep 2026
Three points for WAFA , 2-1 the final word against Aduana Stars in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch28 Sep 2026
“I did not go to Inter Allies to sit and watch. I want to come back to WAFA and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 5 matches say the rest.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Andrew Boateng knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at WAFA , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Daniel Mensah unhappy with how he is being usedAsked to play a role that is not his, or taken off before the hour once too often — Daniel Mensah has let it be known that he does not like the way WAFA are using him. Managers hear this long before the press does.
Market28 Sep 2026
Amos Appiah linked with a move awayThe name of Amos Appiah keeps appearing in other people's back pages. WAFA say nothing, which says plenty.
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Steady
Squad21 Sep 2026
There were 9 saves in it, and at least three that had no business being saves at all. The ten outfield players owe him a drink and they know it.
Market21 Sep 2026
The bid was some way short and WAFA did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Match19 Sep 2026
1-1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Upbeat
Squad14 Sep 2026
The match ball belongs to Kwame Paintsil , whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Market14 Sep 2026
The deal that would have taken Jeffrey Adjei to Heart of Lions has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to WAFA with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Match12 Sep 2026
WAFA get the job done against Medeama A 3-1 win over Medeama , earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad14 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of David Amoah
“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.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at WAFA , and 0 appearances in 5 say he has earned the hearing.
Market14 Sep 2026
A conversation is coming this week. WAFA will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
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Crisis
Market7 Sep 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WAFA can pretend not to have heard.
Market7 Sep 2026
The deal that would have taken Abeiku Boakye to Bechem United has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to WAFA with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Match5 Sep 2026
0-2 to Ashanti Gold , and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Market7 Sep 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. WAFA have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Kwame Mohammed
“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.
Market7 Sep 2026
He is 16, and nobody at WAFA signed him for this season. Deals like this are judged in four years, by people who may not still be in the building.
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Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
$120.0K is a serious amount of money and it does not play centre-forward. Everybody in the dressing room knows who used to be looked at when it went wrong.
Market31 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WAFA can pretend not to have heard.
Market31 Aug 2026
Inter Allies pay $80.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.
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Steady
Market24 Aug 2026
Andre Appiah hands in a written request“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what WAFA can pretend not to have heard.
Market24 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. WAFA have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and WAFA did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad17 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Abeiku Kyereh
“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.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Edmund Bukari and WAFA agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Market17 Aug 2026
Inter Allies are about to pick up the phoneA conversation is coming this week. WAFA will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
The stands have heard the Kwame Paintsil talk too
What was a back-page story is now a matter for the terraces, and the terraces do not do nuance. WAFA would like it dealt with before it becomes the only question anybody asks.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Amos Essien has company in his positionThe competition arrived without a word said to him about it. Amos Essien keeps the shirt for now, at WAFA 's convenience rather than his own.
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Steady
Market10 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and WAFA did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market10 Aug 2026
“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 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Joseph Schlupp commits to WAFA for another 2 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Joseph Schlupp 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Nobody at WAFA has picked up the phone to Samuel Bukari
24 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
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Steady
Market3 Aug 2026
“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.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Daniel Mensah and WAFA agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Joseph Schlupp knocks on the manager's door“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at WAFA , and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market3 Aug 2026
Nobody at WAFA has picked up the phone to Daniel Mensah
24 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Market3 Aug 2026
Andre Appiah is free to find somewhere else“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at WAFA has been clear about where Andre Appiah stands, which is more than many ever get.
Squad3 Aug 2026
The captaincy goes to Amos Essien . It is not a job that wins matches, but a dressing room always notices who is given it.