Soccer News of 2012-09-14

Seth Owusu enjoying Hearts of Oak stay already

New Hearts of Oak recruit Seth Owusu has yet to feature in a competitive game for the former Ghana champions but he tells 90 MINUTES he is already enjoying every bit of time with the club. Former Chivas USA defender Owusu joined the Phobians from Medeama in the off-season and is currently in camp with the club at Essipong preparing for the Premier League’s 2012/13 kick off. But already he’s saying some good things about the Hearts training regimen and especially the tactics of helmsman C.K. Akunnor. “I’m happy in the team. I am very happy to be with Hearts of Oak and how the coach is going about his work,” Owusu went hilarious. “We are fit, we are strong and I know we are going to be ready for the league. Camping has been good and the coach’s training methods are also effective so I’m hopeful things will go well for us this season,” Owusu told 90 MINUTES via phone Wednesday night before scoring in the side’s last friendly match at Essipong on Friday morning. He also shrugs aside suggestions that they have not had enough pre-season which has been compounded by the cancellation of the GHALCA Top 4 tournament. “As I’m speaking to you, we’ll play a match against Dwarfs on Sunday. That’s all pre-season and we have been playing a lot of matches since we came here, about five matches. We hope that will be enough for us so even without the Top 4, we’ll still be okay for the league,” he assured confidently.Credit: Prince Dornu-Leiku / 90 MINUTES newspaper