We are reviewing the practice of camping players at a ‘clubhouse’ – Sarfo Duku – Nsemkeka
Communications Director of Asante Kotoko, Sarfo Duku, has disclosed that the club is reassessing its player accommodation policy in the light of recent concerns.
A former captain of the club, Justice Blay, has alleged in an interview that some players are engaged in inappropriate behaviour, including snatching girlfriends and indulging in alcoholism while in camp.
Addressing the concerns in an interview with Luv FM, Lawyer Duku said while the club had seen camping as a way to build team cohesion and focus, the fresh allegations have prompted management to take a second look at its effectiveness.
“The idea of bringing these boys together, as you have rightly said, is to ensure that they have some convenience,” he stated. “The struggle of players having to move from their period destinations to come for training, and the traffic situation, and issues of transportation, all those things, we thought that, let’s bring them together and closer to the training facilities so that they will have some comfort”.
Sarfo Duku, however, says the Club is taking a look at the arrangement for possible review.
“It is an initiative that was endorsed by the King himself, with the idea that it will give them some peace. But if, upon a second thought, we realise that it would rather go against the club, and then we will take another look,” he said.