Kotoko host Romanian side Sept 4

Ghana’s defending Premier League champions, Kumasi Asante Kotoko, play Romanian giants,FC  Petrolul Ploiesti, in an international friendly at the Baba Yara Stadium on September 4.

The match will be Kotoko’s third game against a European side in their history after earlier games with English side Stoke City, in the 1950s and another one against German side Bayern Leverkusen in 1981 at the Baba Yara Stadium, which ended 1-1 draw.

 Plans are also afoot  for Kotoko to play Spanish side, Sevilla, as the two-time African champion,   look for exposure from some foreign football clubs.

The organisers, Ghanaian-based Pacific Football Ghana Limited which have concluded arrangements with the two clubs, announced this at a press conference in Kumasi yesterday.

The Director of Pacific, Eric Oppong-Yeboah, told journalists that as per the signed contract, each of the clubs would be allowed to feature three guest players in the one-off match expected to be played under floodlights.

The appearance fees and other financial commitments have been concealed as organisers promised to make them public at ‘the right time.’

The Team Manager of  the Romanian FA Cup champions, Nicolae Vlad Cristian, who led a three-man delegation to Kumasi, promised a tough game.

He expressed the hope that after the first match, the two sides would agree to have the friendly on a yearly rotational basis.

The CEO of Kotoko, Samuel Opoku Nti,  noted that the club stood for excellence, which is reflected in the culture of the Ashanti Kingdom.