‘My colleagues sabotaged me at Asante Kotoko’ – Andy Kumi opens up on his failed stint at the club

Francis Andy Kumi, a former striker for Asante Kotoko, has shared the difficulties he encountered during his tenure with the renowned Ghanaian club.

After joining Kotoko from UniStar, the 24-year-old spent just one season with the former champions of the Ghana Premier League. Struggling to establish himself in the first team, Andy Kumi eventually departed and joined Bechem United at the start of the previous season. Unfortunately, during his time with the Porcupine Warriors, he only managed to score 4 goals in 16 matches.

In a recent interview with Citi Sports, the forward, who recently signed a three-year contract with Radnicki Nis in Serbia, disclosed that his progress at Kotoko was impeded by his own teammates.

“For experience, I experienced so much when I left UniStar for Kotoko. When I went to Kotoko, my first week wasn’t easy because of the way I thought of certain things. I knew Kumasi Asante will have big players so I was a little nervous but during my first week of training, I said yes, Kotoko is Kotoko but I can compete with them,” he told Citi Sports.

“But it was unfortunate, when I started I was scoring one or two goals but it got to a point some players were saying so many things that when strikers come to Kotoko and start to score, people will praise them and tomorrow they are gone and that was when everything change. I was finding it difficult to get pass to score.”

Andy Kumi experienced success in the recent season with Kotoku Royals, where he impressively netted 12 goals for the Akyem-based club.