Former Asante Kotoko player and a member of the 1983 team, John Smith Bannerman has implored the current management of the porcupine warriors to emulate their TP Mazembe and other top clubs in Africa if they are to win Africa again.
The two times Africa champions in recent years have struggled to make a case in Africa and according to John Bannerman, the club can only win Africa again if they are able to sign foreign players to complement their charges.
He affirmed that, clubs who remain competitive in the Africa inter club competitions are ones who spent huge sums of money to sign players abroad and is of the view Kotoko must adopt such approach to be successful.
According to him, the club cannot make a meaningful impact if they continue to rely on local based players alone.
Speaking to Hello FM, he said, “It thinks we should lower our expectations about winning Africa now. Some of the African teams have advanced now in club football. TP Mazembe sign players from other Africa countries. It has been helping them because bringing players from different parts of the continent improve the quality of the team. They come in with seriousness due to the amount of money given to them”
“It will be difficult if we want to rely on our local players to win Africa. You realize the others have been buying from outside to augment their squad” he said.
source https://footballghana.com/kotoko-need-to-augment-squad-with-foreign-players-to-win-africa-john-bannerman
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