{"id":1164419,"date":"2022-08-03T09:48:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T09:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/03\/hearts-get-junior-kaaba-kotoko-snap-fred-asare-as-gpl-clubs-make-more-pre-season-signings\/"},"modified":"2022-08-03T09:48:03","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T09:48:03","slug":"hearts-get-junior-kaaba-kotoko-snap-fred-asare-as-gpl-clubs-make-more-pre-season-signings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/03\/hearts-get-junior-kaaba-kotoko-snap-fred-asare-as-gpl-clubs-make-more-pre-season-signings\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts get Junior Kaaba, Kotoko snap Fred Asare as GPL clubs make more pre-season signings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"Hearts get Junior Kaaba, Kotoko snap Fred Asare as GPL clubs make more pre-season signings\" title=\"Hearts get Junior Kaaba, Kotoko snap Fred Asare as GPL clubs make more pre-season signings\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>Ghana Premier League sides, Hearts of Oak, Asante Kotoko and Nsoatreman, have announced new signings ahead of the 2022\/23 Ghana Premier League season.<\/p>\n<p>The three players added to Samuel Boadu\u2019s squad for the upcoming season include Cameroonian forward, Junior Kaaba, Eric Ofori Antwi and Zakari Yakubu.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8MTN FA Cup champions, Accra Hearts of Oak have announced three mega signings to bolster their squad ahead of the 2022\/23 season <\/p>\n<p>\u2705Junior Kaaba \u2013 2 year deal<br \/>\u2705Eric Ofori Antwi \u2013 3 year deal<br \/>\u2705Zakari Yakubu \u2013 4 year deal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoySports?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#JoySports<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4NS2KJ5oRl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/4NS2KJ5oRl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83d\udc48\ud83c\udffeJoin the Joy Sports FPL (@JoySportsGH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoySportsGH\/status\/1554741980088918018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Kaaba joins the Rainbow Club from Fauvre FC in Cameroon and will play for the Ghana Premier League giants till 2024 after completing his medicals.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old netted 11 goals and provided 5 assists in the Cameroon League.<\/p>\n<p>Goalkeeper, Ofori Antwi joins Hearts after just a season with Accra-based Legon Cities, penning a three-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>He played 16 games for the Royals last season, contributing five clean sheets and shipping in 14 goals.<\/p>\n<p>As part of their defensive reinforcement, Hearts have also confirmed the addition of Swedru All Blacks defender, Yakubu.<\/p>\n<p>Yakubu has signed a four-year contract with the club until 2025.<\/p>\n<p>After an impressive season with Accra Lions, goalkeeper, Frederick Asare has joined league champions, Kotoko. He has put pen to paper on a three-year deal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udc16\ud835\udc04\ud835\udc0b\ud835\udc02\ud835\udc0e\ud835\udc0c\ud835\udc04 \ud835\udc00\ud835\udc12\ud835\udc00\ud835\udc11\ud835\udc04\ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n<p>We are pleased to announce the capture of Goalkeeper  Frederick Asare on a three-year deal <\/p>\n<p>Asare joins us on a free transfer following his exploits for Accra Lions last season.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AKSC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AKSC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsareSigns?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#AsareSigns<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PreSeason2022?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#PreSeason2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/00sbeypll9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/00sbeypll9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Asante Kotoko SC \u2013 21\/22 GPL Champions\ud83e\udd47 (@AsanteKotoko_SC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AsanteKotoko_SC\/status\/1554535886993461249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Asare joins the club on a free transfer following the expiration of his contract with the Accra-based side.<\/p>\n<p>His addition will be a boost ahead of the club\u2019s campaign in the CAF Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Newly-promoted side, Nsoatreman also confirmed the signing of Richard Akrofi on a two-year contract ahead of their maiden season in Ghana\u2019s top flight.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>The 2022\/23 Ghana Premier League season is set to begin in September.<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana Premier League sides, Hearts of Oak, Asante Kotoko and Nsoatreman, have announced new signings ahead of the 2022\/23 Ghana Premier League season. The three players added to Samuel Boadu\u2019s squad for the upcoming season include Cameroonian forward, Junior Kaaba, Eric Ofori Antwi and Zakari Yakubu. \ud83d\udea8MTN FA Cup champions, Accra Hearts of Oak have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1164421,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[8178,1236,5279,814,216,1431,19954,16,18886,8782,22072],"class_list":["post-1164419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-asare","tag-clubs","tag-fred","tag-gpl","tag-hearts","tag-junior","tag-kaaba","tag-kotoko","tag-preseason","tag-signings","tag-snap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}