Dan Quaye blasts Hearts of Oak for signing players without a coach

Former defender for Ghana and Hearts Of Oak, Daniel Quaye has voiced his displeasure with Hearts of Oak’s administration, critiquing the team’s choice to sign players for the 2023–2024 Ghana Premier League season prior to selecting a coach.

Ten players had already signed contracts with Hearts of Oak for the season when Martin Koopman was named coach.

Quaye claims that the team’s performance in the Ghana Premier League has fallen short of expectations and that the team’s performance is being adversely affected by its player recruitment strategy.

Quaye emphasized the unusual nature of the move and questioned the appropriateness of signing players before a coach was appointed.

“Who signs players without a coach? Where will this happen in the world if not Hearts of Oak? Elsewhere even when they are signing players without a coach, they have scouts who have monitored players for a long time but at Hearts of Oak the Board with their selfish interests do all these transfers without a technical person,” he said on Rainbow Radio.

“They do things anyhow in the club and when the experienced players talk, they force them out. We all know why Awako was sacked from the club. He was sacked because if things are not going well and he speaks, then there is a problem.”

“There is no proper leadership in the club. The same thing happened to Sulley Muntari because they will not accept any contributions he brought on board considering his experience in the game,” Dan Quaye added.