‘Bring Akunnor back to Hearts’ - Zakkour

Former Hearts of Oak CEO, Harry Zakkour insists the club’s

management must re-instate dismissed coach, Charles Akunnor for the good of the

club. Z

akkour is adamant that any new coach cannot have the time to

re-build and re-strategise at this stage of the season even after the Phobians

ended a 3-match losing streak with 3-2 win over RTU last Sunday in their first

game post-Akunnor.

The former national team captain was given the boot after

collecting a measly 4 points from 15 available for the former champions who are

desperate to end a 4-year trophy drought. Hitherto assistant Ben Adjei has been

placed in temporary charge until a substantive appointment is effected and

supervised the injury time win over RTU.

But even as reports persist that the club are close to

appointing former Ashgold coach, David Duncan to the post full time, Zakkour

under whose leadership Hearts achieved their greatest feats including winning

the CAF Champions’ League in 2000, is demanding Akunnor’s return to the helm of

the Accra giants.

“I’m calling on my good friends in the management to consider

re-instating C.K. Akunnor because he’s been in charge for this long, this is

his team,” Mr. Zakkour told Joy FM.

The ‘Champion Chairman’ added: “They should appoint two new

coaches or bring C.K. back to work with Ben Adjei because one coach can’t do the

job. I brought (Jones) Attuquayefio and I also brought Osam Duodu to help him,

one coach can’t do the job. It’s the best advice I can give the club.”