BREAKING NEWS: ‘Unhappy’ Latif Anabila asks Asante Kotoko to terminate his contract after just one season
The lanky midfielder has officially written to the management of Asante Kotoko on his decision to leave the club after one season.
Asante Kotoko midfielder Abdul Latif Anabila is unhappy at the Ghanaian giants and planning to quit the club after the end of the 2020/21 season, according to his agent. Representative of Anabila, Alex Ackumey has confirmed that his client has written to the management of Asante Kotoko since he feels disrespected and undervalued by head coach Mariano Barreto. The 24-year-old eclipsed from the club’s regular starters under the Portuguese gaffer and has not been in good relationship with him which has attracted him a seven-day suspension from training for gross misconduct. “Anabila is not happy Asante Kotoko. He’s my client and I talk to him everyday. He’s not outspoken so he can’t not express himself in the media like others, so we have officially written to the management of Asante Kotoko,” Ackumey told Oyerepa FM “Everyone who knows Latif Anabila will describe him as calm boy but people are frustrating him at the club. Yes, we have notified the management that he will leave at the end of the season if Mariano Barreto stays at the club,” “He was left out of the club’s match-day squad for Bechem United for an unknown reason when the club had over five players nursing injuries. We later received a message from Obeng Brenya that the coach said Anabila is ill and shouldn’t show up at training,” “Anabila wasn’t ill because he hasn’t been with any medical officer of club. We were surprised with the notice from Barreto. He turned up at the club’s training grounds but was asked to leave” “He confronted the coach to express his displeasure with his decision and later received a seven-day suspension message from him.” “Everything shows that my client is not in the plans of Mariano Barreto. He needs a change of scene. The best solution is to leave the club if Barreto stays” Anabila joined Asante Kotoko on a three-year deal after ending his stay at Premier League side AshantiGold SC. He has managed to feature 18 times for Asante Kotoko in the Ghana Premier League in his debut season. His contract expires in summer 2023. Anabila was adjudged the Ghana Premier League discovery of the year in 2017. He was a member of the Black Stars B squad that won silver at the 2019 WAFU Cup staged in Senegal.
Source: kickgh.com
