This season’s Ghana Premier League transfer window has by far been one of the most exciting windows in recent times.



Ghanaian Premier League club have digged deep into the market signing players from all cylinders ; Brazil, Italy, Liberia, Nigeria, Cote d’ivore, Tanzania and many more to augment their squad ahead of a hugely anticipated season, November 13,2020.

Saharafootball.net takes a look at the numerous signings made by clubs in the shut window, October 31,2020.

ADUANA STARS

The Two time Ghana Premier League champions have sign a handful of players; Zakaria Alhassan, Prince Acquah, Derrick Boateng, Sam Adams, Alex Asamoah, Richard Mpong, Kenneth Owusu, Bright Adjei to augment their already quality setup underneath Paa Kwesi Fabian’s fold.

ASANTE KOTOKO

The Kumasi based giants didn’t disappoint their fans in the current window by whetting their appetite with a plethora of ten new players, Razak Abalora, Andrews Kwadwo Appau, Patrick Asmah, Fabio Gama, Mubarik Yusif, Abdul Latif Anabila, Evans Adomako Wiredu, Kwame Opoku, Emmanuel Keyekeh and Sarkodie. Maxwell Konadu will feel hard done by the clubs inability to secure a signing of Justice Blay.

ASHANTIGOLD SC

Confederation Cup hopefuls will look to better their top four finish after securing deals with, Yaw Annor, Kwame Moses, Stephen Bentil, Micheal Ennu, Hans Kwofie, Nathaniel Asamoah Dacosta Boadu, Matthew Agama, Empem Dacosta, Abdul Bashiru, Kamaradin Mamadu and Mohamed Bailou.

BECHEM UNITED

Midtable club Bechem United have signed nine players Alhassan Traoré, Benedict Osei, Listowel Amankona, Francis Twene, Sagacious Opoku, Bright Adjei, Boubacar Doumbia, Moussa Traoré, Stephen Owusu Kaakyire.



BEREKUM CHELSEA

The former Ghana Premier League winners signed some players into their outfit, James Wiafe Iniesta, Alfred Okai Quaye, Stephen Sarfo, Kofi Owusu, Collins Ameyaw, Edward Kpodo to compliment Asare Bediako in his quest to win the coveted domestic trophy.

DREAMS FC

In the truncated season, the “Still Believe” side flattered to deceive, their attacking deficiencies were evident for all to see as well as their defensive frailties. This time around, they managed to secure a big name signing in Joseph Esso from Hearts of Oak in addition to Abel Manomey, Agyenim Boateng, Philemon McCarthy and Ali Huzaif.

ELEVEN WONDERS

Struggling Eleven Wonders will look to better their status in the league after closing moves for Ollenu Ashitey, Jonah Aryetey, Nana Yaw, Perry Addison Rockson, Douglas Nkrumah, Tetteh Nortey, Prince Okraku, Adu Boahene, Abdulai Ibrahim, Samuel Boakye.

ELMINA SHARKS

Yaw Acheampong’s side were one of few entertaining sides to watch in the recently truncated league, picking vital wins on home and away turfs. Anthony Quayson, Daniel Nii Adjei have been added to an exciting setup ahead of the new season.

GREAT OLYMPICS

Accra based Olympics escaped relegation by the skin of the teeth, when the league was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus, they will look to push themselves higher up the ladder after securing the signatures of Ebenezer Sekyere, Charles Danso Otu, Mannan Mudasiru, Michael Otoo.



HEARTS OF OAK

The rainbow club will be looking to end their decade wait, when the season begins properly, after securing the signature of Technical director, Carlos Pinto ahead of this season, as well as, fearsome striker, Abednego Tetteh, Eric Dzian, Kuti Ademola, Abdourahamane Mamane Lawali, Victor Kwaku Aidoo, Isaac Mensah and returnees, Nuru Sulley, Patrick Razak losing the dynamic duo of Kofi Kordzi,Joseph Esso together with Christopher Bonney, Benjamin Agyare,Bernard Arthur and others.

INTER ALLIES

Tema based club may have lost one of the country’s predatory strikers, Victorien Adebayor to their Danish counterparts, KB Hoge having acquired Ali Isah, Michael Kporvi, Emmanuel Adjetey, Taufiq as replacements.

KARELA UNITED

Anyinase based Karela United will question what hit them last season but this season will be a new chapter to write history,Richard Baidoo, Prosper Arvo, Umar Bashiru, Obed Kofi Sam, Yaw Ansah Fufro, Augustine Randolph, Godfred Adotey have been added to the team ahead of the new season.

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, Enoch Morrison, Daniel Yemoh, Frank Manu, Daniel Okine, Gideon Offei Ofori are new signings to have been added to the “Insha Allahu” family the sole ambition of doing well this season.

LEGON CITIES

The riche nouveau club will hope the acquisition of Blackstars general captain, Asamoah Gyan will provide the needed edge heading into the season together with Nicholas Gyan, Anim Cudjoe, Baba Mahama, Jonah Attuaquaye, Ali Braimah Foster,Micheal Ampadu, Joseph Adjei, Vincent Adu Gyamfi, Raphael Ocloo, Nasiru Moro.

LIBERTY PROFESSIONALS

The Dansoman based outfit have copped as many as eight players into their fold heading into the 2020-21 season.

The club have signed,Maxwell Kavar, Osman Adams,Razak Boame,Ben Nash Quansah,Maxwell Ansah, Emmanuel Paga,Fuseini Mohammed, young budding talent in Seedorf Asante Afful as well as academy graduate goalkeeper, Daniel Amissah.

The Scientific Soccer lads will look to improve on their fortunes for the about to kickoff 2020-21 campaign.



MEDEAMA SC

The Mauve and Yellow side have secured one of the biggest sponsorship deals in the country. It’s no doubt that, they have announced six new players ahead of the start of the season.

Coach Samuel Boadu will have lots of experience to rely on in Frank Boateng,Abdul Basit Adam, Abass Mohammed,Musah Baba Abdulai, Patrick Yeboah and the enterprising midfield gem Godfred Kwadwo Asamoah. Having lost goal machine Prince Opoku Agyemang to Capetown FC, they will be happy to have kept their prized asset, Justice Blay.

Interesting, Sogakope based West Africa Football Academy (WAFA) and Ebusua Dwarfs failed to sign any player in this window.

The Ghana Premier League have twice been truncated under varied reasons, hopefully this 2020-21 season will successfully be completed once it takes off on November 13, 2020.

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Ghana Premier League side Legon Cities have completed the signing of Ghana’s all-time top scorer Asamoah Gyan on a one-year deal, Sahara Football can report.

The 34-year old striker who has been without a club since January completed his move to the Ghana Premier League side after talks with Asante Kotoko broke down.

As part of the deal, Asamoah Gyan asked Legon Cities to sign Mathew Anim Cudjoe. Sahara Football can confirm that Mathew Anim Cudjoe has joined Legon Cities on a season-long loan from Young Apostles.

Asamoah Gyan returns to the Ghana Premier League 17 years after leaving Liberty Professionals.

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Ghana coach CK Akonnor has retained Swansea City forward Andre Ayew as Black Stars captain in a recent leadership overhaul within the national team setup.



Thomas Partey comes in for the injury-prone midfield gem Kwadwo Asamoah, who was named as vice-captain of the team before the 2019 AFCON in Egypt, as 1st Vice Captain, with goalkeeper Richard Ofori as 2nd Vice-Captain.

Ayew was named as captain of the national team ahead of Gyan, who had always been touted to maintain the armband prior to the 2019 African Cup of Nations in Egypt, which generated so many headlines and disunity within the side resulting in Ghana’s failure and untimely exit from that competition.

Hopefully, the trio with a common goal, objective, and motivation to help the nation with the Africa Cup of Nation trophy which has eluded the nation in three decades will rally support for the country ahead of the Afcon and 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.

Many pundits have praised the decision of CK Akonnor saying it’s a step in the right direction to name the leaders of the national team prior to a major competition which could have stirred up potential problems, others have also dug into the discussion suggesting the exits of Asamoah Gyan and John Boye following their recent snub from captaincy roles.

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Asamoah Gyan was a lazy player – Herve Renard

Experienced French trainer Herve Renard has made a shocking revelation about Ghana’s all-time leading goalscorer, Asamoah Gyan, claiming the former Sunderland star was lazy in training. 



According to Renard, who boasts of winning the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) trophy two times, Gyan could have had a much better footballing career if he was dedicated and committed in training as he was during competitive matches.

Renard worked with Gyan when he was the assistant coach of the Black Stars during the 2008 AFCON which was staged in Ghana.

“The quality of Asamoah Gyan was amazing. I was always impressed with his timing of headers,” the Saudi Arabia coach said in an interview with TV3.

“He was a very good goalscorer, a fantastic player, an amazing player.

“But I have something to tell him. He was supposed to have a better career, but he was lazy,” Renard said while laughing.

“In training, he was lazy. He only likes games. But he was the most important player but I know him and he didn’t like the training, he only likes the competition, the games,” he concluded.

Gyan has scored 51 goals for Ghana, more than any player. He also has more World Cup goals (six) than any African footballer.

The 34-year-old is currently without a club after his short term deal with Indian side NorthEast United ended in January.

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Gyan crossed carpets from the most televised league to the Gulf region at the height of his career, in a move that baffled his then manager, Steve Bruce, who felt betrayed by his top maxman he signed in a deal that cost the club a little over £12m.

“That’s what everyone is about. Whether you’re a journalist or a road sweeper, you want to get the best out of yourself. People want to leave for ambition but it baffles me that today, the way it is, and we have to just submit to it.

The former Black Cats striker has squashed opinions that he moved to Al Ain because of the money but insisted Sunderland found the offer from the Gulf club too tempting to resist hence his move away.

“When a player is performing definitely Clubs will come chasing and the deal from UAE looked very good,” the 34-year old told GTV Sports Plus.



“I was going for one season for 6million pounds and they (Sunderland) were interested because it was good money, they were even pushing for the move because the money involved was good for a loan deal,” he added.

He continues:“Personally I was concerned about the fans, about how they will feel and whether they will be happy if I move because I was the top man there, Darren Bent had left so I was their lead man and they liked me.

“But they (Sunderland) told they knew how to deal with the fans and that I should accept the move to UAE.

“I went there and the atmosphere was great and I felt in love with the team and the fans. They treated me well so I decided to stay after my loan deal.”

The former Stade Rennes striker didn’t disappoint his new employers as he banged  128 goals from 88 appearances for Al Ain carving a niche for himself in a two-year.

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Injured NorthEast United striker Asamoah Gyan will be out for the remainder of the 2019/20 Indian Super League season.

The Ghana international last featured for NorthEast United during their 1-1 draw against Kerala Blasters on December 28th.

The Highlanders, meanwhile, have purchased Irish forward Andy Keogh as Gyan’s replacement.

NorthEast United are winless in their last six league matches and are currently ninth in the ISL standings.

The 34-year-old joined the Guwahati-based side on a free transfer after leaving Turkish club Kayserispor at the end of last season.

Gyan scored 4 goals and provided 1 assist in 8 games for the club.

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Indian club NorthEast United have completed the signing of Ghana Black Stars legend Asamoah Gyan on a free transfer.

The club have announced that they have secured the services of the Ghana Black Stars all top goal scorer.

Executive Director of NorthEast United Priya Runchal expressed his delight after completing the signing of the player.

“We are thrilled to have a player of Gyan’s calibre and experience join our squad. He has continuously delivered excellence at the highest of levels of world football and we are confident that he will add a lot of firepower on the pitch here.”

Asamoah Gyan after signing the deal also said “I am extremely excited to start this new chapter in my career.

”I have heard great things about NorthEast United FC and the Indian Super League and I am thrilled to be a part of it for the upcoming season.

”I am confident that we can better the wonderful season the club had last year.”

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The legendary player refused to name the person who influenced the decision but insist the Black Stars coach was not his own man during the tournament in Egypt.

The 33-year-old iconic figure was stripped of Ghana captaincy before the tournament and handed to Swansea City star Andre Ayew which sparked a furious response from the attacker.

He was subsequently restricted to the substitute bench and used sparingly during the tournament in the North African country.

The country’s leading top scorer failed to score at the tournament for the first time since 2008 due to lack of playing opportunities.

And the former Sunderland hitman believes there were third parties that influenced the decision to play down his influence.

“100% I believe Kwesi Appiah was influenced to make those decisions. There is no doubt about that,” Gyan told Asempa FM.

“They are not politicians but someone influenced him to take the decision. In the end, the coach takes responsibility but I know someone influenced him because it was not his own decision.”

Gyan was stripped of the captaincy few weeks to the start of the tournament in Egypt which sparked massive controversy in the West African nation.

He rescinded his decision to retire from the international duty after a conversation with Ghana’s President Nana Akufo Addo.

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Ghana Black Stars striker Asamoah Gyan has revealed that he might have played his last Africa Cup of Nations tournament after round of 16 defeat against Tunisia.

Asamoah Gyan came as a substitute in the game and he has received credit for forcing the Tunisian defender to score an own goal that extended the game to the extra time.

Speaking to the press after the game, Asamoah Gyan stated that this could be his last Africa Cup of Nations.

“It could be my last Africa Cup of Nations. It could be. I don’t know yet but it could be” Gyan said.

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Asamoah Gyan has rallied his teammates to stay focus and put up a fighting spirit ahead of their round of 16 clash against Tunisia in few days time.

Asamoah Gyan also stated that the injury situation in the Black Stars squad won’t affect the team badly but will give other players the opportunity to step up and prove themselves.

“Coach Kwesi Appiah selected 23 good players for the tournament because we know about how things could work out concerning injuries,” Gyan told GNA.



“Any player called upon would give out his best; we have the young ones that played against Guinea Bissau and played a part in the victory that sent us through to the next stage of the competition. We all know injuries are part of what we do, so when it comes we find a way to deal with it.

“The injured players would be taken care of; though we don’t know how long it’s going to keep them out we all know it is part of our job and we need to stay focused and keep fighting to win for Ghana,” he concluded.

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