{"id":450811,"date":"2017-12-29T13:30:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T13:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/frank-nuttall-wants-hearts-to-sign-benjamin-kotey\/"},"modified":"2017-12-29T13:30:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T13:30:24","slug":"frank-nuttall-wants-hearts-to-sign-benjamin-kotey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/frank-nuttall-wants-hearts-to-sign-benjamin-kotey\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Nuttall wants Hearts to sign Benjamin Kotey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 29 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-29<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/44162523.295.jpg\" alt=\"Benjamin Kotey Afutu.jpeg\" title=\"Benjamin Kotey Afutu.jpeg\" width=\"295\" height=\"266\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Benjamin Kotey Afutu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514554224_920_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Hearts of Oak are on the verge of completing the signing of promising midfielder Benjamin Kotey Afutu after impressing the technical staff at training, GHANAsoccernet.com can report.<\/p>\n<p>The former Karela United star started pre-season with the Phobians and has so far convinced head coach Frank Elliott Nuttall with his displays at the training grounds and in test games.<\/p>\n<p>Kotey Afutu is expected to pen a deal with the capital club in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>He was on the bench when Hearts of Oak drew 0-0 with rivals Asante Kotoko SC in the Ghana@60 Cup second leg at the Babayara stadium on 24th December.<\/p>\n<p>Kotey Afutu played a decisive role to help Karela United secure a premiership promotion last season in the Division One.<\/p>\n<p>The talented midfielder scored 5 goals in 25 matches and managed 7 assists in the second tier league.<\/p>\n<p>He was man of the match on four occasions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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