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New Challenge: Hearts of Oak Head Coach Samuel Boadu
Coach Samuel Boadu officially took over Hearts of Oak on Monday as head coach on a three-and-a-half-year contract with a promise to return the oldest club in the country to its glory days.
The former Medeama SC coach was officially introduced to the media on Monday by the president of the club’s board of directors and majority shareholder, Togbe Afede XIV, and would be responsible for the senior team, as well as playing a key role in the search for young talents for the junior. side, Auroras.
Boadu, 35, became the third coach to handle phobians this season after Edward Odoom, who was reassigned to the youth team and Serbian coach, Kosta Papic, who resigned last month.
In the coach’s ‘outdooring’, Togbe Afede XIV stressed that although the club had not set any goals for the new coach, it was their logical expectation that Hearts would take all the trophies at stake and, therefore, the new coach had a responsibility to win laurels for the club.
Boadu’s choice
The Hearts boss further explained that the decision to put the fate of the club in the 35-year-old’s hands was due to the fact that it had been a long-term goal of the club, making him a natural choice as Papic’s successor. , who resigned. work after only two months in charge.
Samuel Boadu (left) receives a Hearts jersey from Togbe Afede XIV
Togbe Afede XIV added that the club’s board of directors had a vision to transform Heart into one of the best clubs in Africa and that ambition can only be achieved by attracting some of the best technical brains to the club.
“That you have decided to join us from Medeama, who is doing quite well in the league right now, is a great testament to your faith in the Accra Hearts of Oak board and management. And that we went for him, a brilliant young coach, is an expression of our commitment to attract the best talents to the club ”, he emphasized.
Terms of the contract
Togbe Afede XIV confirmed that Hearts had hired Boadu on a three-and-a-half-year contract to lead the club’s technical team and that they were committed to a long-term relationship to achieve success together. “His ambition is consistent with ours. We believe that we need someone like him and he has also confirmed his belief that he needs a club like Accra Hearts of Oak to provide him with the right platform to achieve his goal. “
Coach Boadu admitted that he was a longtime Hearts fan and that it had been his ambition to coach the club, adding that he did not hesitate when the opportunity to manage the club came.
At Monday’s ceremony, the Heart coach introduced new midfielder Salifu Ibrahim as “the best young talents on the local scene”, recruited to reinforce the club’s midfield.
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