{"id":87737,"date":"2023-07-30T11:22:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T11:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/30\/hearts-of-oak-confirm-new-technical-team-ahead-of-2023-24-ghpl\/"},"modified":"2023-07-30T11:22:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T11:22:17","slug":"hearts-of-oak-confirm-new-technical-team-ahead-of-2023-24-ghpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/07\/30\/hearts-of-oak-confirm-new-technical-team-ahead-of-2023-24-ghpl\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts of Oak confirm new technical team ahead of 2023\/24 GHPL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"431\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Hearts-Of-Oak-1080x669-1-1024x634-1-696x431.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Hearts-Of-Oak-1080x669-1-1024x634\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Ghana Premier League powerhouse, Hearts Of Oak, announced 1st batch of their technical team ahead of the new Ghana football campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The club have confirmed Dutch technical trainer, Rene Hiddink, as the technical director of the club.<\/p>\n<p>He has been tasked to ensure good technical directives for the club, and most importantly to bring coordination to not only the senior team but Auroras, Royal Oaks and the women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Jerry Adjei Asare has\u00a0also been named as the\u00a0goalkeeper\u2019s trainer.<\/p>\n<p>Former player of the side Sebastian Barns has been appointed as the head of the Scouts for the Ghanaian side.<\/p>\n<p>Carlos Klu is the new welfare officer while Mercy Tagoe takes up the role as the head coach of Hearts of Oak female team.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment form part of the club\u2019s restructuring ahead of the new 2023\/24 Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement released by Hearts of Oak FC, the technical changes is to ensure good technical direction for the club and promote coordination among the teams.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the release:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG-20230729-WA0773.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Hearts of Oak will hope to improve their performance in the upcoming season having nearly suffered relegation last season.<\/p>\n<p>The club confirmed mutual termination of David Ocloo\u2019s contract having served as the interim coach following the dismissal of Slavko Matic midway through last season.<\/p>\n<p>Rene Hiddink has worked as an assistant coach of the Maldives national football team. Besides the Netherlands, he has managed in Rwanda, and Madagascar among other sides.<\/p>\n<p>Rene Hiddink is a renowned trainer and the brother of former Chelsea and Netherlands manager Guus Hiddink.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts of Oak are expected to begin pre-season in August ahead of the new 2023\/24 Ghana Premier League season which get underway in September.<\/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=\"C0JzWJGc55w\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Supporting the Needy: Pokua 101 Show host donates items to two orphanages in Accra (28-7-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/C0JzWJGc55w?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana Premier League powerhouse, Hearts Of Oak, announced 1st batch of their technical team ahead of the new Ghana football campaign. 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