Bekoe disappointed at Ghanaian strikers in GPL

Former Asante Kotoko striker Eric Bekoe is disappointed no locally based Ghanaian striker was successful at equalling or breaking his 13-year-old Ghana Premier League goals record.

It was Kotoko’s Cameroonian import Franck Etouga Mbella, who equalled Bekoe’s 17 goals record, when he struck from the penalty spot in the Porcupines’ 1-2 defeat at RTU in a GPL match-day 25 fixture on Sunday.

Etouga Mbella is now 5 goals ahead of his closest contender for the Top Scorer Award, Aduana Stars forward Bright Adjei. AshantiGold and Bechem United attackers Yaw Annor and Augustine Okrah are tied on 11 goals apiece in the Goal-King race, with 9 matches to end the season.

“I’m so disappointed at our local strikers. It’s so appalling that we couldn’t get a local striker to equal my record but a foreigner. It’s a great achievement for Kotoko and Mbella. As a country, we are running out of natural box to box strikers.” Bekoe told Accra based Original FM.

Bekoe, an ex-Heart of Lions and Petrojet striker, won the Top Scorer accolade in the 2007/08 GPL season with 17 goals after beating off competition from Dominic Adiyiah and David Anars, who finished joint-second with 13 goals.