..For the club's current woes
Ex-Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) of Accra Hearts of Oak Mr Harry Zakuor has laid the recent stuttering
run of the club at the door step of the current CEO Mr Fred Crentsil 'Where are
they?' can confirm.
To Mr Harry Zakuor, Mr Crentsil failed as a chairman in his previous post with SP
Miren, and therefore does not qualify as an occupant of the Hearts' CEO seat.He
pointed out in an exclusive interview with Charles Osei Asibey that Mr Crentsil's
appointment was not correct noting, 'Running football is a full time business and
not what we are witnessing presently.'
'If he was capable, he could have successfully managed his club, but he failed.I
think he is not the right person, he would have joined Hearts years back if he had
the club at heart,' he said in plain words. Mr Zakuor added: 'Coach Paa Kwesi Fabin
has done nothing wrong regrading the team's current performance, i think the club's
management didn't appoint the right CEO,'
'I am totally disappointed in the current board, and I cannot see Hearts of Oak go
down like they way it is presently,' said Zakuor.He also blamed the men in charge of
recruitment, a position he once occupied for the crisis confronting the club
saying, 'I blame the men in charge of the recruitment, when I was in charge of
recruitment, i recruited players like Obed Ansah, Edward Affum and others who are
doing well in the league but what we are seeing now is not pleasant.'
Fumed with anger, he called for the heads of the current board and should be
replaced with new men with innovative ideas to steer the club in the right direction
to redeem its current 30billion Cedis debt and make progress.In his response to the
way forward, he mentioned that the only way was to flow shares to the public, change
the current CEO and put proper structures in place as pertained in clubs like
Berekum Chelsea and others.
The former Great Olympics chairman stated that he sacrificed most of his acquired
properties as a result of serving the Phobian family, but has realised that his
departure had had a negative impact on the club.
Remembered for his feat as the chairman who led the club to win the 2000 Champions
League and the Super Cup, he revealed that he has distanced himself from the club
for a while, but will readily make his services available should the opportunity
present itself for him to serve the club again.
