Nana Yaw Amponsah unequivocally reiterated that he will make sure the club play and win the Caf Champions League under his auspices. And editor of Kotoko Express, Jerome Otchere has expressed his displeasure towards Asante Kotoko Chief Executive Officer [CEO] for setting unrealistic targets for Kotoko.
As Kotoko’s ambitions of playing in the group phase of the 2020/21 Caf Champions League has been left in doubt. After losing 1-0 to Al Hilal in the first leg of the preliminary round game staged at the Accra Sports Stadium.
And according to Jerome, Nana Yaw Amponsah failed to manage the expectations of the fans. And playing the group phase of the Champions League is not achievable with the players currently at the club.
“You cannot always win in Africa. Because Kotoko as a club does not have the materials and qualities to compete. And the club does not have what it takes to give us the needed results immediately. But certain things have to be done in a certain way to get the club the needed results.” He said on Joy FM.
“We know that a lot of things are new at the club. And you don’t have to raise expectations to a certain level and an example is playing in Africa.
“I am not taking the CEO [Nana Yaw Amponsah] on. But people who read what I put out there will tell you I have a problem with him. He is creating the feeling that Kotoko is in Africa to achieve something the club has never achieved before. And that is not possible.
“Sometimes, we have to be real and make our fans believe that this is the situation. And this is how we want to deal with it. But when you raise it to a certain level and you fail, the fans will come to tell you were going to do so what happened?
“For the past fourteen years, Kotoko have not been in the group phase of the Caf Champions League. And if you are out there telling us that you are going to do what you have not done before the fans will look and tell you have failed so accept the consequences.” He added.
Kotoko will play Hilal in the reverse game on 5th January.
The poor run of the club in the ongoing Ghana Premier League has led to the sacking of Maxwell Konadu. And his assistant Johnson Smith has taken over.