Asante Kotoko head coach Karim Zito has disclosed a severe injury crisis within his squad ahead of their next Ghana Premier League fixture, revealing that at least ten first-team players are unavailable.
Speaking to the club’s media team, Zito explained that the Porcupine Warriors are struggling to assemble a full matchday squad due to injuries and national team call-ups.
“No, rather they are going back to injuries. At the moment I have ten players that can never play this game. And I don’t know when they will come to play like Quartey, Saibu, Mintah, Walid Antwi, Seth, Saaka, Ansu, Camara who has gone for national duty,” he said.
The coach added that the situation is so dire that even one of the club’s promising youngsters is sidelined.
“All these boys I mentioned will never be on the field tomorrow, so we are even left with 18. Even the small boy Amissah also has groin issues. So at the end of the day, we have to manage and use the rest to achieve the objective.”
Kotoko currently sit sixth on the league table, five points behind joint leaders Medeama SC and Heart of Lions.
Despite the injury setbacks, fans are hoping the team can grind out a strong performance to remain in touch with the early title contenders.
Below are the 18-man squad vs. Young Apostles this afternoon
- Aziz Haruna Dari
- Benjamin Twum
- Kwame Opoku
- Samba O’Neil
- Lord Hillary Adabo
- Morifing Donzo
- Samuel Tenadu
- Patrick Asiedu
- Joseph Ablorh
- Loard Amoah
- Baba Yahaya
- Listowel Lord
- Joseph Amoah
- Inusah Adams
- Zakaria Fuseini
- Francis Acquah
- Hubert Gyau
- Peter Amidu Acquah