{"id":90100,"date":"2023-08-08T18:08:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T18:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/08\/dont-expect-success-now-asante-kotoko-fans-told\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T18:08:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T18:08:22","slug":"dont-expect-success-now-asante-kotoko-fans-told","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/08\/dont-expect-success-now-asante-kotoko-fans-told\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t expect success now &#8211; Asante Kotoko fans told"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"502\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-07-135636-696x502.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Screenshot 2023-08-07 135636\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kwesi Appiah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Head of the Asante Kotoko Interim Management Committee (IMC), Kwesi Appiah, has appealed to the fans of the club not to focus on immediate success.<\/p>\n<p>His comments come following the unveiling of Prosper Narteh Ogum as the head coach of the team. The former WAFA boss replaces Seydou Zerbo.<\/p>\n<p>Narteh Ogum led the Porcupine Warriors to Premier League success in the 2020\/21 season in his first year at the club but parted ways with the club due to a misunderstanding with the then Nana Yaw Amponsah-led management\u00a0ahead of the 2021\/22 Ghana football season.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>However, the former Black Stars head coach has called on the fans to be patient and not to expect any success soon.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, admits that Asante Kotoko is a big club and fans want success but stressed that the ambition is to have a good team that can compete and not an immediate success, adding that the team will begin to win in three years\u2019 time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that Asante Kotoko is a big club and everyone\u00a0expects us to win but the intention of the King, Otumfuo is to give the coach free hands and build a team.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ambition is not an immediate success but in three years\u2019 time so we plead for your support,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Asante Kotoko are expected to begin pre-season on Tuesday, August 8 at Beposo ahead of the 2023\/24 Ghana football season which gets underway in September later this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Porcupine Warriors will begin their campaign with a home game against Heart of Lions at the Baba Yara Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Having finished at the 4th spot last season, Asante Kotoko will hope to improve their performance in the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/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=\"mZ9H_FwXRvo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Developing Akyem Apampatia: Chiefs, people of Atiwa Westappeal to government for amenities(08-08-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mZ9H_FwXRvo?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>Kwesi Appiah Head of the Asante Kotoko Interim Management Committee (IMC), Kwesi Appiah, has appealed to the fans of the club not to focus on immediate success. 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