{"id":118050,"date":"2023-11-09T08:20:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T08:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/09\/asante-kotoko-old-players-have-become-politicians-i-cant-work-with-them-coach-prosper-ogum\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T08:20:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T08:20:38","slug":"asante-kotoko-old-players-have-become-politicians-i-cant-work-with-them-coach-prosper-ogum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/09\/asante-kotoko-old-players-have-become-politicians-i-cant-work-with-them-coach-prosper-ogum\/","title":{"rendered":"Asante Kotoko old players have become politicians; I can\u2019t work with them \u2013 Coach Prosper Ogum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_30\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h2><strong>Asante Kotoko head coach Prosper Narteh Ogum says that some of the team\u2019s top or better still old players have become politicians and are using the media to make him play them.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>He held an open and honest press conference on October 8, 2024, before his team\u2019s league game against FC Samartex.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-901\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-114\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>This season, Ogum has been very picky about which players to put on his team. He has often left out more experienced players in favour of younger and Milo Games players\u2019 who lack the necessary experience on the field of play.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-909\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Coach Prosper Narteh Ogum explained why he chose the players he did by saying that some of the top players were not working hard enough at training grounds.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-910\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-122\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>He also said that some people have become lawmakers and are giving information to their media friends to try to get him to play along with them.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-911\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of the senior players are not putting in much effort at training, and that\u2019s the reason I start the young guys who were originally not supposed to start,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome have turned to politicians, and they always want to get playing time by going through their friends who are journalists. But that won\u2019t work. If you are good, prove it at the training ground for everyone to see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-912\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-123\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, Ogum won the Ghana Premier League with Kotoko two seasons ago, but has struggled since returning to the club for the current campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The Kumasi-based club currently occupies 14th position on the league table, while they\u2019ve also failed to win any of their last four matches.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-913\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kotoko\u2019s poor run of form has seen Ogum come under intense pressure from the fans.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-124\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asante Kotoko head coach Prosper Narteh Ogum says that some of the team\u2019s top or better still old players have become politicians and are using the media to make him play them. He held an open and honest press conference on October 8, 2024, before his team\u2019s league game against FC Samartex. 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