Faisal bracing up for difficult GPL outing

By
Stephen Asante, GNA

Kumasi, Jan. 09, GNA
– King Faisal Babies are confident they will keep up the pace in the 2019/2020
Ghana Premier League (GPL), in spite of the team’s stormy take-off.

The Kumasi-based
club have lost their opening two matches, 1-4 to Dreams, and 0-1 to Ashgold –
leaving them in the 16th position of the eighteen-club league.

Alhaji Grunsah’s
Faisal, perhaps, would have their problems compounded as they trek to Dormaa
over the weekend for a battle of survival in a Match Day Three fixture against
in-form Aduana Stars, second on the log.

To the Faisal
faithful, another defeat would be a hard blow to take being mindful of the
precarious situation the team finds itself currently.

The followers had
not forgotten about the club’s recent relegation to Ghana’s second-tier league,
the Division One, and the proactive measures being instituted by the Management
points to Faisal’s new direction and belief.

“We are not
perturbed about the ongoing events. ‘Insha Allahu’ we will fight to overcome,”
Alhaji Karim Grunsah, Founder and President of the Club, told the GNA Sports,
Kumasi.

A massive shake-up
in the technical department and playing body is imminent, and information
gathered indicated that, former Asante Kotoko and T.P. Mazembe midfielder, Nii
Adjei, could soon don the green and white jersey of the Kumasi-based club.

Already, the
Management had almost finished with a contractual agreement with another
experienced midfield dynamo, Mike Akuffo, a former Kotoko player, who is
expected to toughen the central department of the relatively young team.

Another major boost
to Faisal’s recovery is an undisclosed sponsorship deal from the Pacific Oil
Marketing Company, a development likely to alleviate the financial plight of
the club.

“Management is
working hard to deal with the teething problems militating against the club’s
development and growth,” Alhaji Grunsah emphasized, and inspired the followers
to exercise restraint.

“We have gone
through such difficulties in the past, and learnt many useful lessons to guide
us in the future,” the Faisal President noted.

GNA