Is Chairman Wontumi really serious to buy Pogba of Manchester United?
Is Chairman Wontumi serious with his pronouncement to buy Pogba for Ashanti Kotoko or is one of those joke talks of his? He hinted that signing Pogba for Kotoko will bring the world’s attention to the Ghana football and the club. He also talked about the possible fortune he stands to earn from the deal as a businessman. “I believe in Nana Yaw Amponsah. I think that guy has vision to help Ghana’s football so I have asked them to go to Manchester United to trigger the release clause of Paul Pogba… You know day in day out his price comes down and now I learnt it’s around £53M. I will pay”. “I want to bring him to Kumasi Asante Kotoko SC and tell the world that there’s a club in Ghana bigger than Manchester United.” “There’s a business aspect that you haven’t seen but I will make returns through the sale of his jerseys and others so paying his weekly wages would not be a problem at all”, he added. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana Please kindly contact Apexnewsgh.com on email:apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications.
2020/2021 Ghana Premier League transfers completed so far
The Ghana Premier League transfer deadline day is upon us, with clubs looking to wrap up last-minute deals before the window slams shut at midnight. The window has been open since August. Some clubs have reportedly completed their deals are confident heading into the new season next month. Kotoko have been busiest with as many as 10 new additions to their team thus far. Their arch-rivals, Hearts of Oak have brought in eight players. Below is the completed transfers by the clubs. Aduana Stars Zakaria Alhassan, Prince Acquah, Derrick Boateng Asante Kotoko Razak Abalora, Andrews Kwadwo Appau, Patrick Asmah, Fabio Gama, Mubarik Yusif, Abdul Latif Anabila, Evans Adomako Wiredu, Kwame Opoku, Emmanuel Keyekeh, Emmanuel Sarkodie Ashantigold SC Yaw Annor, Kwame Moses, Stephen Bentil, Micheal Ennu, Hans Kwofie, Nathaniel Asamoah Dacosta Boadu, Matthew Agama, Empem Dacosta and Mohamed Bailou Bechem United Alhassan Traoré, Benedict Osei, Listowel Amankona, Francis Twene, Sagacious Opoku, Bright Adjei, Boubacar Doumbia, Moussa Traoré, Stephen Owusu Kaakyire Berekum Chelsea James Wiafe Iniesta, Alfred Okai Quaye Dreams FC Joseph Esso, Abel Manomey, Agyenim Boateng, Philemon McCarthy, Ali Huzaif Eleven Wonders Ollenu Ashitey, Jonah Aryetey, Nana Yaw, Perry Addison Rockson, Douglas Nkrumah, Tetteh Nortey Elmina Sharks Anthony Quayson, Daniel Nii Adjei Great Olympics Ebenezer Sekyere, Charles Danso Otu, Mannan Mudasiru, Michael Otoo Hearts Of Oak Eric Dizan, Ademola Kuti, Abdourahamane Mamane Lawali, Nuru Sulley, Abednego Tetteh, Patrick Razak, Victor Kwaku Aidoo, Isaac Mensah Inter Allies Ali Isah, Michael Kporvi, Emmanuel Adjetey Karela United Richard Baidoo, Prosper Arvo, Umar Bashiru, Obed Kofi Sam, Yaw Ansah Fufro, Augustine Randolph, Godfred Adotey King Faisal Prince Papa Arkoh, Misbawu Adam Okoronko, Yakubu Wadudu, Saddick Adams, Pius Baffour, Kwadwo Frimpong, Sulley Mohammed, Razak Oga Gariba, Mutawakilu Fuseini, Michael Amoah Legon Cities Baba Mahama, Jonah Attuaquaye, Ali Braimah Foster, Nicholas Gyan, Micheal Ampadu Liberty Professionals Maxwell Kavar, Osman Adams, Emmanuel Paga, Daniel Amissah, Seedorf Asante Afful, Maxwell Ansah, Ben Nash Quansah, Razak Boame Medeama Kwadwo Asamoah, Patrick Yeboah, Frank Boateng, Musah Baba Abdulai, Abdul Basit Adam, Abass Mohammed Please kindly contact Apexnewsgh.com on Email:apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
Baba Rahman is playing well, he deserves a call up – CK Akonnor
Black Stars coach, Charles Akonnor has given reasons for the inclusion of Chelsea left-back Baba Rahman in his squad for next month’s 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan. The 26-year-old spent last season on loan at Real Mallorca, but his spell with the Spanish club was cut short by injuries. Ghana will next month, play two ties against Sudan in Cape Coast and Khartoum as the two teams will battle for a place in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations tournament that has been moved to January 2022 because of the Coronavirus pandemic. Speaking to GFA news on Friday, Coach Akonnor says, Baba is currently playing well and deserves a place on the team. “Baba Rahman was once a regular player here; due to injury, he was taken out. Now he is back, he is fit, he is playing very well with his team. Unfortunately, he has not had the chance to play in the first team.” “But he has had a couple of friendly matches since August, September and even recently 24th October, which he played against Liverpool’s second team. And these matches, he has played 90 minutes, some are 90 minutes, a lot of 90 minutes and of course 70 minutes.” “So, we have taken a lot of consideration, looking at the fact that we have a little bit of weakness within that area, the full-backs so I thought it necessary to bring him to compete with Gideon on that side,” Akonnor added. ghanafa Please kindly contact apexnewsgh.com on apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
We will do whatever possible to win the AFCON trophy – GFA Prez. Kurt Okraku
President of the Ghana Football Association, Kurk Okraku has reiterated his administration’s desire to win the Africa Cup of Nations trophy for the country. Ghana has not won the Nations Cup for over three decades but has come close in recent years, with two finals in 2010 and 2015. The FA Capo, who is celebrating a year in office, indicated the main goal of his administration will be to end the trophy drought. “My desire and the desire of every member of my administration and Ghanaians is to win the Africa Cup of Nations,” he told Kumasi based Nhyira FM. “As a nation, we’ll do whatever possible, to win the trophy again,” he added. The Black Stars are currently top of Group C of the Nations Cup qualifiers for 2022, after beating South Africa and Sao Tome in their opening two games. They will next face Sudan in a double header of game in November when the qualifiers return. Please kindly contact apexnewsgh.com on apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
Furious Mesut Ozil agent explains why ‘classless’ Arsenal signed Thomas Partey on transfer deadline day
Representative of Mesut Ozil, Dr Erkut Sogut has slammed ‘classless’ Arsenal, suggesting that the sacking of the club’s iconic mascot coupled with the laying off 55 workers at the club was to create financial space for the signing of Thomas Partey. The Gunners were in news for the bad reasons just days ahead of the start of the 2020/21 Premier League campaign. The financial fallout from the Coronavirus saw Arsenal sack famous Gunnersaurus mascot which drew the ire of a section of their fans. Prior to iconic Gunnersaurus sacking, the club had made 55 staff redundant as part of cost-cutting measures at the Emirates Stadium outfit. According to Ozil’s agent, Sogut, Arsenal lacks class due to some terrible decisions they had to take before finalizing the signing of Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey. Arsenal had a long-standing interest in Partey after manager Mikel Arteta made the 27-year-old his top target before the window was opened. The Club had to wait until deadline day before paying the player’s release clause of £45 million after several attempts to have the price reduce failed. Partey finally joined the club on a five-year deal for from Atlético Madrid on the final of the transfer market. In an interview with ESPN, Sogut indicated: “You wouldn’t expect a club with class to make 55 people redundant just after winning the FA Cup or sacking a mascot after 27 years of service, just before making a £45 million signing [of Thomas Partey],” “And it doesn’t help if people from outside the club speak on their behalf. It, unfortunately, gives a very bad picture of the club which we are not used to having at a team like Arsenal. “I would be very concerned for any club if someone repeatedly spoke on their behalf and clearly had a significant influence on and off the pitch.” Ozil’s career at Arsenal is effectively over after he was omitted from the club’s Premier League and Europa League squads. However, Arteta has insisted that the Ozil decision was based solely on football decisions Meanwhile, reports indicate that Ozil’s resistance to taking a pay-cut during the COVID-19 lockdown, as well as his activism over the treatment of Uighurs in China, have been speculated as potential reasons. Ghana Soccernet Please kindly contact apexnewsgh.com on apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
Ardent Asamoah Gyan fan quits football over dying mother
An 8-year-old boy who follows Ghana football on the television in the Upper East Region because he admires Asamoah Gyan has taken his attention off playing soccer with friends for now because his 26-year-old mother is seriously sick and helpless. The boy, Albert Aburipoore, learned his mother, Susana, was dying with a chronic kidney disease after she had been to four health facilities in the region before she was finally referred to the Tamale Teaching Hospital (TTH) in the Northern Region where she has been on haemodialysis (a blood-purifying process) since 2019. “We visited Annicom (a private health facility). Annicom suspected fibroid. From there, we went to the Amiah Hospital. I was told I had diabetes and was admitted there. We also assumed it was fibroid; so, we went to Dr Razak’s private facility. Dr Razak said he didn’t see anything wrong with me; he said he only saw my intestines and liver turning around inside my stomach,” Susana said (with a very faint voice) during Starr News’ visit to their impoverished home at Sirigu, a quiet community in the Kassena-Nankana West District. Her husband, Atingane, added: “In the beginning, we thought it was pregnancy. Several tests were run at the Upper East Regional Hospital. Nothing was found after the tests had been done. Later, they diagnosed diabetes. We visited a number of facilities. Her legs and stomach were swollen. As she was not recovering, we went back to the regional hospital. They (the regional hospital) referred us to the Tamale Teaching Hospital.” “Asamoah Gyan is my idol. But it has been difficult to play football outside there with friends and be happy even when you score a goal or when your team wins when you always remember your mother is weeping at home because she is not well and your dad is sad because he is too poor to help her. I feel it is better to always stay around her even if I cannot help her,” the boy said. Sick Susana spends Gh¢900 every week to survive The troubled couple owns a small farm near a forested hill in the mostly green community. The family depends on that smallholder farmstead for a scanty livelihood. The TTH takes Gh¢300 from Susana three times a week— which is Gh¢900 every seven days— to keep her alive through haemodialysis. “She [also requires] getting an arteriovenous fistula (permanent vascular access) for dialysis which is done in Accra or Kumasi at a cost of Gh¢1,500. The ultimate treatment for Madam Susana’s condition is kidney transplant which is mainly done outside Ghana at an estimated cost of $35,000 and $45,000,” the Head of the TTH’s Medical Social Work Unit, Alhaji Braimah Saaka, says in an appeal-for-fund letter. The letter states further: “The Medical Social Work Unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital is a department which appeals to organisations, religious bodies, co-operative institutions and individuals to help vulnerable patients. We are, therefore, counting on your support, be it cash or kind, to help save the life of this woman.” The family has sold out everything— livestock, harvests and even clothes inherited from grandparents— to pay Gh¢300 three times a week at the TTH to sustain her life. “It is even worse today after we have sold all our possessions. Today, we contact friends for support. We have been appealing to people at marketplaces, funeral grounds and other places. Even getting money to pay our transport fares to Tamale is sometimes difficult. “At times, whilst we are on our way to the TTH, we are still contacting those we know to not forget about us. We have so far reached out to about 95% of the people we know to keep going in this situation. We have covered about 95% of them in search of help,” said Albert’s father with grief in the tone of his voice. He furnished Starr News with a copy of the appeal-for-fund letter from the TTH and gave out his mobile-money account details as “0248223870, Atingane Aburipoore” in an appeal for public assistance in support of the ailing mother of his football-loving only son. Starrfm Please kindly contact Apexnewsgh.com on Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
Former Ghana trainer Avram Grant eulogizes Thomas Partey’s talent
Former Chelsea FC and Ghana manager Avram Grant has said Thomas Partey has become a better player for his great talent and the right mentality. Grant, who gave new Arsenal star his first Ghana cap in 2017 is impressed with Partey’s growth in all areas of his game. Partey completed a move to Arsenal FC on the transfer deadline day last week in a deal worth €50 million from Atletico Madrid. “When you have the talent and the right mentality and the coach gives you the chance to play, you will improve. He has the talent for sure and the right mentality and also he likes to learn,” Grant told TV 3. “He has improved in all areas of the game. First on the understanding of the game, position; where to be, which is more important.” The former Premier League manager says a player has to be versatile and productive due to the tactical variations in football. Grant claims Partey had been in that mould before his move to English Premier League giants Arsenal. “Today, many coaches understand tactics but not many understand what it really means; when to be in the right position, when to be move forward, when to move back, which is more crucial because the game is more quickly and physical and he improving lot means not giving the ball away and also the physical side, so he has improved in all aspects of the game. “In the beginning, he didn’t score more goals now he is scoring more goals and giving more assists, he is like a modern player. “Football is going to change, it needs players who are more versatile, players who can do many things on the pitch and he is one of them.” Please kindly contact Apexnewsgh.com on Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
West Ham fan banned from football for 3 years for racially abusing Mohammed Salah
A West Ham supporter has been banned from football for three years after pleading guilty to racially abusing Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah. The 48-year old Bradley Thumwood from Bexleyheath, appeared at Thames Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, where he pleaded guilty to a racially aggravated Section 5 public order offence, the Metropolitan Police said. He was issued with a three-year football banning order, fined £400 and also ordered to pay a victim surcharge and costs amounting to £125. Thumwood had been summonsed in July after being identified by officers during West Ham’s 2-0 loss to Liverpool on January 29. West Ham are to offer Thumwood educational sessions to try to reform his views, “whilst reserving the right to uphold indefinite bans, should those efforts prove unsuccessful.” A West Ham spokesperson said in a press release from the Metropolitan Police: “West Ham United is unequivocal in its stance – we have a zero-tolerance approach to any form of discrimination. “Equality and diversity are at the heart of the football club and we are committed to continue ensuring that everyone who enters London Stadium is free to enjoy watching their team play football in an inclusive environment. “The club works closely with Kick It Out and our fan group BAME Hammers. In conjunction with those parties, the club will offer educational sessions to the individual in question in an effort to reform their views, whilst reserving the right to uphold their indefinite bans, should those efforts prove unsuccessful.” The Metropolitan Police’s dedicated football officer PC Andy Sheldon said: “We do not, and will not tolerate hate crime of any kind at football matches and will take action against those who are found to have committed these kinds of crimes during games. “We are committed to working closely with football clubs to identify anyone behaving inappropriately and breaking the law. We are grateful for the support of West Ham United Football Club and for their commitment to eradicating this type of behaviour. “We ask anyone who sees or hears this type of behaviour to speak to stewards or police.”
Gyan and Yeboah tied for Ghana’s greatest ever striker : Odartey-Lamptey
Former Ghana international Nii Odartey Lamptey believes Anthony Yeboah and Asamoah Gyan are inseparable as far as the debate on who Ghana’s greatest ever striker is. Gyan currently leads Ghana’s all-time scoring charts with 51 goals in 109 caps while Tony Yeboah has 29 goals in 59 matches. According to Lamptey it’s hard to pick between the two players. “I always have challenges comparing people with Tony Yeboah because I have played with him and I know his qualities. “When he was in Europe I saw what he did and when he was in England as well while I was there. “Asamoah Gyan has also shown some qualities and has broken some records. “Its the two but not be bias I think I will give it to the two.” he disclosed on the Tracker. Yeboah spends his days playing golf now that he has retired from the game. Gyan on the other hand has had a rocky relationship with the national team in recent times and was not called up for Ghana’s latest round of matches against Mali and Qatar. Citisports Please kindly contact Apexnewsgh.com on Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
Police chase Asamoah, Baffour Gyan for assaulting tennis player
Former Black Stars player Baffour Gyan is wanted by police for allegedly assaulting Godwin Martey, the Chief Executive Officer of Web Soft Solutions. The two were part of a tennis training match, which involved the brother of Baffour, Asamoah, the former captain of the Black Stars. A police report sighted by 3news.com indicates that Godwin, 35, was slapped and hit at his left shoulder by Baffour, who was umpiring Wednesday’s match. The complainant wanted to quit the game after feeling unfairly treated by umpire Baffour in the match against Asamoah. But his attempt to complain led to the alleged assault. A medical report from the 37 Military Hospital shows no physical injuries but Godwin complains of being in “shock.” He has since been referred to a psychologist. 3News Please kindly contact Apexnewsgh.com on Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications