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A former Accra Hearts of Oak coach, Kosta Papic, looks set to be named the club’s head coach in the coming days, Graphic Sports understands.
The 60-year-old Serbian arrived in the country last weekend and was reportedly in the stands to watch Heart play Inter Allies at the Accra sports stadium yesterday.
Hearts fans still have fond memories of Papic, whom they nicknamed Clinton due to his striking resemblance to the 42nd president of the United States, for guiding phobians to the 2008-09 Ghana Premier League title during his contract with a year with the club. By the way, it was the last league title won by Hearts.
High-level sources at Hearts confirmed to Graphic Sports that the Serbian could be handed the club’s managerial role, and he was expected to complete work on the role in the coming days to take over as the club’s manager.
Details of the terms of his contract were not available to Graphic Sports, but Papic is expected to receive a two-year contract.
Hearts substitute coach Edward Odoom has been on the bench since the departure of head coach Kim Grant after he failed to meet the minimum criteria set by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) to coach in the league. local. .
Since leaving the shores of Ghana, the Serbian continued his career on the continent where he coached various clubs including Young Africans in Tanzania, Black Leopards in South Africa, Chippa United, Polokwane City, Royal Eagles and eSwantini in Swaziland.
His second coming is expected to provide something special for the 20-time league champions who now struggle to win trophies for more than a decade.
Recently, the coach confided to a close source that he was interested in returning to the country because he enjoyed his first stage in Ghana.
When the deal closes, he would become the first expat coach to run the club on two separate occasions and the eleventh coach since parting ways with the Phobians in 2009.
