Eric Bekoe signs for Berekum Chelsea

Posted On Tuesday, 18th September 2012

Eric Bekoe signed a two-year deal for Berekum Chelsea on Tuesday

Striker Eric Bekoe has signed for Berekum Chelsea on a free transfer after a failed move to his former club Asante Kotoko, MTNFootball.com can exclusively reveal.

The 25-year-old inked a two-year contract with the 2011 Ghana Premier League champions on Tuesday, the club have confirmed.

The 2007 Ghana Premier League goal king will be perfect replacement for Emmanuel Clottey who was sold to Tunisian giants Esperance.

“We have confidence in him and I believe he will love the club,” Club President Emmanuel Kyeremeh told the www.berekumchelsea.com

“He will be a great inclusion to our side and we can rely on him for the upcoming season.”

Negotiations between the player’s representative and Kotoko broke down last week despite passing a medical.

He then turned his attention to the 2012 CAF Champions League campaigners who signed him for an undisclosed fee.

Bekoe has previously played for Liberty Professionals and Heart of Lions.

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Obrempong says:

September 18, 2012 at 4:04 pm

Wow! Good news for Berekum Chelsea.We are really a team to beat this season ,UP! UP!! Up!!! JESUS.UP! UP!! Up!!! Berekum Chelsea. BEREKUM CHELSEA… EGO BEE KEKE

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mayuka says:

September 18, 2012 at 4:22 pm

Nice very gud hahaha lets wait nd see whatt the greedy bastards will say 2 him now few weeks ago they will calling him Begoal hahaha

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mcdonald says:

September 18, 2012 at 4:25 pm

what has changed that he can now play for chelsea apart from kotoko? shameful player.

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thesalonika says:

September 18, 2012 at 4:26 pm

Why should Kotoko miss such an opportunity? Too bad!!!

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Terror says:

September 18, 2012 at 5:04 pm

Bekoe was not being fair, together with his manager, they agreed with Kotoko on a one year contract for a specific amount with the option to go out anytime there is a foreign contract without hindrance from Kotoko. On the eve of signing the contract and after meeting Kyeremeh who had called and tabled another offer, Bekoe’s manager sent an email to Kotoko changing the terms and insisting on a six month contract and an increased contract fee. they made it impossible for Kotoko to sign him so he will be available for Chelsea, that is the same thing Ahmed Toure is doing, but Kotoko wont fall for that. We wish him well!!!

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- Carbonite says:
  
  September 18, 2012 at 6:54 pm
  
  Terror, I am a Kotoko supporter but I must tell you this is a disgrace to Kotoko. So you mean to tell me that Berekum Chelsea is richer than Kotoko? No way! Can you tell me that if Man U wants a player, that player will end up signing for Reading (assuming Reading won the league two seasons back) because Man U couldn’t afford him? No! It just tells me one thing: that Ghana will always be Ghana! Total crap and malicious.
  
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Kwame says:

September 18, 2012 at 6:09 pm

How can this website say “exclusively” when they are quoting http://www.berekumchealsea? what does exclusive mean when you are picking the story from somewhere? Please sit up

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emmanuel wireko says:

September 18, 2012 at 8:05 pm

am happy nd also sad but wishes u al de best STRIKER

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Terror says:

September 18, 2012 at 8:12 pm

@ Carbonite, it is not a matter of the money, it was a matter of the manager of the player changing the rules of engagement at the last minute. Gone were the days when Kotoko will just splash money on any player because we thought they were that good and deseved it whilst we let relatively better players go away. Kotoko did everything neccessary to get Bekoe, he just did not want to come and play, his manager was looking at something else and Kotoko had a programme to execute, with or without Bekoe. If Kotoko did not want him, we would not have allowed him to join the pre-season. Last season, our livewire, Ahmed Toure decided to play truant in the middle of the league and we sidelined him, yet we went ahead and won the league. It was purely discipline, and not ego. Even Lord Zico Opoku Nti and Abdul Razak played Kotoko and retired and Kotoko still survived. He can go.

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