{"id":779355,"date":"2020-01-09T14:59:24","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T14:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/09\/faisal-bracing-up-for-difficult-gpl-outing\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T14:59:24","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T14:59:24","slug":"faisal-bracing-up-for-difficult-gpl-outing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/faisal-bracing-up-for-difficult-gpl-outing\/","title":{"rendered":"Faisal bracing up for difficult GPL outing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">By<br \/>\nStephen Asante, GNA<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Kumasi, Jan. 09, GNA<br \/>\n&#8211; King Faisal Babies are confident they will keep up the pace in the 2019\/2020<br \/>\nGhana Premier League (GPL), in spite of the team\u2019s stormy take-off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">The Kumasi-based<br \/>\nclub have lost their opening two matches, 1-4 to Dreams, and 0-1 to Ashgold &#8211;<br \/>\nleaving them in the 16th position of the eighteen-club league.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Alhaji Grunsah\u2019s<br \/>\nFaisal, perhaps, would have their problems compounded as they trek to Dormaa<br \/>\nover the weekend for a battle of survival in a Match Day Three fixture against<br \/>\nin-form Aduana Stars, second on the log.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">To the Faisal<br \/>\nfaithful, another defeat would be a hard blow to take being mindful of the<br \/>\nprecarious situation the team finds itself currently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">The followers had<br \/>\nnot forgotten about the club\u2019s recent relegation to Ghana\u2019s second-tier league,<br \/>\nthe Division One, and the proactive measures being instituted by the Management<br \/>\npoints to Faisal\u2019s new direction and belief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">\u201cWe are not<br \/>\nperturbed about the ongoing events. \u2018Insha Allahu\u2019 we will fight to overcome,\u201d<br \/>\nAlhaji Karim Grunsah, Founder and President of the Club, told the GNA Sports,<br \/>\nKumasi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">A massive shake-up<br \/>\nin the technical department and playing body is imminent, and information<br \/>\ngathered indicated that, former Asante Kotoko and T.P. Mazembe midfielder, Nii<br \/>\nAdjei, could soon don the green and white jersey of the Kumasi-based club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Already, the<br \/>\nManagement had almost finished with a contractual agreement with another<br \/>\nexperienced midfield dynamo, Mike Akuffo, a former Kotoko player, who is<br \/>\nexpected to toughen the central department of the relatively young team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Another major boost<br \/>\nto Faisal\u2019s recovery is an undisclosed sponsorship deal from the Pacific Oil<br \/>\nMarketing Company, a development likely to alleviate the financial plight of<br \/>\nthe club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">\u201cManagement is<br \/>\nworking hard to deal with the teething problems militating against the club\u2019s<br \/>\ndevelopment and growth,\u201d Alhaji Grunsah emphasized, and inspired the followers<br \/>\nto exercise restraint.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">\u201cWe have gone<br \/>\nthrough such difficulties in the past, and learnt many useful lessons to guide<br \/>\nus in the future,\u201d the Faisal President noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-fareast-language:&#10;EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA\">GNA<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Stephen Asante, GNA Kumasi, Jan. 09, GNA &#8211; King Faisal Babies are confident they will keep up the pace in the 2019\/2020 Ghana Premier League (GPL), in spite of the team\u2019s stormy take-off. 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