Kotoko rubbishes Toure's meeting with Asantehene reports

Posted On Monday, 16th July 2012

Ahmed Toure's time with Kotoko has been full of controversies

By Ameenu Shardow

Asante Kotoko have rubbished media reports announcing a meeting between embattled striker Ahmed Toure and the life patron of the club.

The 24-year-old who his seen a massive downward turn in his club fortunes was reportedly expected to meet with the Asantehene Otumfour Osei-Tutu II to help iron out differences with the club.

The 2011 Premier League’s MVP fell out with the club’s management and technical team after he was fined and dumped into the reserves for overstaying a compassionate leave last term.

He has since had limited first team opportunities – fuelling a perception he is ready to walk out on the Kumasi-based club.

This situation had given rise to a plethora of media reports saying the Ivorian born will be given audience by the Otumfour in an attempt to fix the impasse but the club says these reports are palpably false and adds the issue is being over-hyped.

“The Asantehene and life patron of our club is too busy with pragmatic development plans for the Asante Kingdom in particular and Ghana in general to make time only to meet a single player over no issue at all,” Kotoko’s spokesman Listowell Yesu Bukarson told GHANAsoccetnet.com.

“The King has a lot of confidence in the Dr K.K Sarpong led Boad and management to side step him to meet Ahmed Toure.

“In any case, why are the media reporting as though there are serious issues between Kotoko and Ahmed Toure?

“The player raised issues, Dr Sarpong and some management members met him at the club’s secretariat to fix whatever issues he had only to wake up days laterto this made up story.”

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Romeo says:

July 16, 2012 at 10:55 am

Our opponents want to create as much confusion as they can within our camp to take our focus off the bigger picture, but they have long failed, for while we concentrate on our recruitment and are actually buying and paying, they are promising with their mouth that they would win the league next year, if wishes were horses…Kotoko made Ahmed Toure, so if he wants to display indiscipline as he did years back, he is free to move to any club he wants, Kotoko now trives on commitment, loyalty, dedication, and harmony, we will not allow a single player to play discord in our nice rhythym. If he cand submit to discipline, he should just go away and leave us alone. This is Asante Kotoko, we dont worship players anymore, we support and adore our TEAM, not individuals, so Ahmed ‘Simba’ Toure, please just jerk off and give us some peace of mind.

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KWADWO ADDAI says:

July 16, 2012 at 11:51 am

MASA, DIS DUDE IS BEEN OVER HYPE. TO MEET WHO ? THE WHOLE ASANTEHENE.

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KT says:

July 16, 2012 at 12:24 pm

I agree with Listowell. The traditional heads in this country have better things to think of than this over-hyped guy. I don’t know why this is a big deal for Kotoko. If hus stay will destabilize the team, let him leave. Greatest legends have passed through. Damn you Toure!!

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July 16, 2012 at 6:07 pm

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