Kojo Poku To Quit Faisal

Kojo Poku has announced that he would not play for King Faisal again, because of the unruly behaviour shown towards him by the chairman Alhaji Kalim Grunsah.

Meanwhile, the player has not reported to meteors camp in Obuasi claming to be sick, but meteors Portuguese coach Barreto has given today as the deadline for every player to report to camp.

Kojo Poku stunned by criticisms

04 February 2004 -- Reigning Premier League joint goal king, King Faisal’s Kwadwo Poku says he is surprised by allegations that he is deliberately refusing to score goals for the club because of his desire to move to Asante Kotoko.

Poku who was saved from the wrath of fans by the police after his side’s 0-1 loss to Liberty Professionals last Sunday in the ongoing Coca Cola Top Four said he never dreamt that fans of King Faisal would ever point accusing fingers at him.

Abrantie Kwadwo Poku as he is affectionately called told this paper that unknown to the supporters, he has been ill for sometime now but had opted to play due to his love for the club.


Asked whether he had reported his illness to the management of King Faisal he answered in the negative but said he had told the captain of the team, Mohammed Hamza.


He said he was on the verge of communicating the state of his health to the Black Meteors authorities to enable him seek medical treatment.


Looking dispirited, he revealed that he would in no way play with the mindset of losing and therefore appealed to the supporters to remain calm and support him in prayers to enable him to return to his normal fitness and scoring form.

In an interview with this paper, the Interim Chairman of King Faisal Supporters Union, Mr. Michael Kumi hinted that the executives of the Union would be meeting with Alhaji Grunsah to suggest to him to offload the player as early as possible before any nasty happenings occur.


Kumi added that ever since news broke that Kwadwo Poku was being baited by Asante Kotoko, and later on that a foreign contract has been on the cards for the youngster, his performance has not been any thing to be enthused about.


Meanwhile the coach of King Faisal, Hans-Dieter Schmidt has refused to comment on the supporters’ behaviour except to state that Kwadwo Poku must have his sights fixed on training regularly and relegate other issues to the background at least, for now, if he is to restore confidence in the supporters.

BA United to play King Faisal In the friendly

BA United in the preparation to engage Gold Stars in the playoff will this afternoon play king faisal in the friendly match at sunyani coronation park at exactly 4pm.

The match will be exciting because, king faisal is using this to prepare to meet Accra Hearts of oak in the sunday ghalca top 4.

Meanwhile the former kumasi Asanti kotoko defender Fuseini Adams has been loaned to king faisal.