Otumfuo meets Kuffour today over Kotoko affairs

Former Black Stars international and a frontrunner to take over the running of Kumasi Asante Kotoko, Samuel Osei Kuffour, is expected to meet the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, today at the Manhyia Palace to discuss a road map for the club.

Manhyia sources told the Daily Graphic in Kumasi yesterday that details of the meeting were still under wraps but were believed to focus on the Kotoko take-over.

The former Bayern Munich defender has been fingered as one of the key members of a ‘rebel’ group led by Dr Kweku Frimpong of Champion Divine Clinic fame to take over the club.

Already, Dr Frimpong has employed the services of a Danish scout, Thomas Moller Nielson, as the club’s new Technical Director. 

The Technical Director left Kumasi days after Kotoko lost the Otumfuo Annual Challenge Cup to regional rivals, AshantiGold, in Kumasi recently. 

If successful, Kuffour would take over from Samuel Opoku Nti as the new CEO, Dr Frimpong as the chairman of the Board and former Real Tamale United coach, Mohammed Gargo, as an assistant coach. 

But while the lobbying at Manhyia intensifies, the current CEO, Opoku Nti, and his team are working hard to revamp the club ahead of the 2015/2016 league season.

The club is reported to have pencilled down at least six new players to beef up the current squad of 18 players after seven were put on transfer or released on loan.