{"id":1160168,"date":"2022-07-27T14:26:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T14:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/27\/hearts-of-oak-part-ways-with-six-players-ahead-of-2022-23-season\/"},"modified":"2022-07-27T14:26:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T14:26:53","slug":"hearts-of-oak-part-ways-with-six-players-ahead-of-2022-23-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/27\/hearts-of-oak-part-ways-with-six-players-ahead-of-2022-23-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts of Oak part ways with six players ahead of 2022\/23 season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"447\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1656002012_5_WhatsApp-Image-2021-09-19-at-18.30.17-696x447.jpeg\"   alt=\"Hearts of Oak\" title=\"Hearts of Oak\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hearts of Oak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana Premier League heavyweights, Accra Hearts of Oak, have terminated the contracts of Kofi Kordzi and Frederick Ansah Botchway ahead of the new football season.<\/p>\n<p>Kordzi rejoined Hearts of Oak from Qatari side Muthair SC on a two-year deal last season and made 22 appearances and scored seven goals.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old leaves the club with a year remaining on his contract.<\/p>\n<p>Kordzi, who has fallen out of favour with top officials of the club including the technical team, is expected to be paid all his outstanding monies after agreeing to leave the club.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/kofi-kordzi.jpg\" alt=\"Kofi Kordzie\" class=\"wp-image-2117954\"  \/><figcaption><strong>Kofi Kordzie<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Midfielder Frederick Ansah Botchway also departs the club after having his contract terminated.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old\u00a0joined Hearts of Oak from Liberty Professionals two seasons ago as a free agent and made 23 appearances for the Phobians.<\/p>\n<p>Both players are now free agents and are available for transfers in the ongoing window.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the club has also informed Patrick Razak, William Dankyi, Larry Sumaila Ibrahim and Manaf Umar that their contracts will not be renewed, the club said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts of Oak will be participating in the 2022\/23 CAF Confederation Cup after defeating Bechem United to win the last season\u2019s FA Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts of Oak will be hoping to improve their squad ahead of their CAF Confederations Cup participation.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"jH_NLYMLYDY\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Plight of Tollbooth Workers - Badwam Afisem on Adom TV (27-7-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jH_NLYMLYDY?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hearts of Oak Ghana Premier League heavyweights, Accra Hearts of Oak, have terminated the contracts of Kofi Kordzi and Frederick Ansah Botchway ahead of the new football season. Kordzi rejoined Hearts of Oak from Qatari side Muthair SC on a two-year deal last season and made 22 appearances and scored seven goals. 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