{"id":386529,"date":"2025-08-03T06:28:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T06:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/08\/03\/hearts-of-oak-were-purposeful-for-a-change-didi-dramani\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T06:28:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T06:28:44","slug":"hearts-of-oak-were-purposeful-for-a-change-didi-dramani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/08\/03\/hearts-of-oak-were-purposeful-for-a-change-didi-dramani\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts of Oak were purposeful for a change \u2013 Didi Dramani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/242\/24230983.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mas-Ud Didi Dramani is the head coach of Hearts of Oak\" title=\"Mas-Ud Didi Dramani is the head coach of Hearts of Oak\" width=\"295\" height=\"271\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mas-Ud Didi Dramani is the head coach of Hearts of Oak<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Experienced Ghanaian tactician Mas-Ud Didi Dramani says he was inspired to take over Hearts of Oak coaching job because the leadership of the club were ready for a purposeful change.<\/p>\n<p>The former Black Stars assistant coach recently joined the Ghanaian giants, replacing Ivorian gaffer Aboubakar Ouattara at the end of the 2024\/25 football campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The former Asante Kotoko and Black Maidens coach penned a two-year contract, keeping him at the club until 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Explaining why he accepted Hearts of Oak\u2019s coaching job, Didi Dramani said, \u201cI\u2019m a professional, devoid of my passion and soft touch. I like to see things done in a right way. I had a thorough discussion with the club as to why they wanted me and I realized they were ready for a purposeful change\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Phobians enjoyed a fairly good campaign during the 2024\/25 Ghanaian football season. Despite missing out on a trophy, the team\u2019s top-four finish in the Ghana Premier League was an improvement from the previous campaign, where the team almost suffered relegation.<\/p>\n<p>After the improvement, Hearts of Oak are now aiming to win the Ghana Premier League in the 2025\/26 season under the new coach.<\/p>\n<p>The 2025\/26 Ghana Premier League will kick off on the weekend of September 12.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mas-Ud Didi Dramani is the head coach of Hearts of Oak Experienced Ghanaian tactician Mas-Ud Didi Dramani says he was inspired to take over Hearts of Oak coaching job because the leadership of the club were ready for a purposeful change. The former Black Stars assistant coach recently joined the Ghanaian giants, replacing Ivorian gaffer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":386193,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-386529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hearts of Oak were purposeful for a change \u2013 Didi Dramani - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2025\/08\/03\/hearts-of-oak-were-purposeful-for-a-change-didi-dramani\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hearts of Oak were purposeful for a change \u2013 Didi Dramani - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mas-Ud Didi Dramani is the head coach of Hearts of Oak Experienced Ghanaian tactician Mas-Ud Didi Dramani says he was inspired to take over Hearts of Oak coaching job because the leadership of the club were ready for a purposeful change. 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