Asante Kotoko Chief Executive Officer Nana Yaw Amponsah has indirectly slammed city rivals King Faisal following their outstanding start to the new Ghana Premier League season.
Faisal struggled throughout last season and needed a point on the final day against Liberty Professionals at Sogakope before they could avoid relegation.
The club’s founder and owner Alhaji Grusah later blasted Kotoko and accused them of masterminding their struggles as they failed to allow King Faisal to defeat them.
“We went to see a chief for him to talk to Kotoko so that they do something to help us when we were about playing them(Kotoko) in Obuasi,” Grusah told Fox FM
“We wanted them to help us but they refused. I had even talked to Nana Yaw Amponsah, the Kotoko CEO and he said he cannot do anything about it for me. The chief too did not do anything about it for us,” he added.
However, Faisal have been in good form this season and have gone ahead to beat Kotoko twice – both in league and FA Cup – and currently sit second on the league log, something which Nana Yaw Amponsah feels is the right thing to promote fairness in the game.
“I always want to see clubs from Asanteman progressing so I’m elated for King Faisal’s progress this season,” Amponsah said.
“Instead of begging for points, they (King Faisal) are now fighting for their points and I’m happy with that. This brings fairness in the game,” he added.
