Veteran Ghanaian sports journalist and administrator, Osei Owusu Bempah, has described the steady decline of the Kotoko Soccer Club as worrying, saying the once-dominant club has fallen behind its peers in terms of development and progress.
The porcupine warriors had their head coach, Karim Zito, resigning few days before the game against Hearts of Oak, a development that highlights a technical crisis at the club.
The club went on to lose to Hearts of Oak on Sunday in the super clash, which has prompted widespread criticism of the Kotoko management.
Speaking in an interview with Delali Atiase on Luv FM, Mr. Owusu Bempah said it saddens him to see the Porcupine Warriors struggling to keep pace with other clubs both on and off the pitch.
According to the seasoned journalist, it will take Kotoko 100 years to overcome the current situation
“Quite sad and regretful, some of the things that I’ve seen Kotoko go through the last decade, and probably more suddenly.
“I saw growing up as a child, a Kotoko team that was competing with the best on the continent, Al Ahly, Zamalek, all these other clubs.
“Kotoko won the second African Cup in 1983 at the time that Al Ahly had just won once, and none of the North African teams had won even more than one at a time, and now, about 40 years down the line, we fallen behind.
“I’m talking behind in terms of development, in terms of almost everything that makesa football team attractive, probably something that will take the team Kotoko, probably the next century to be able to overcome; it’s quite sad,” he added.
