Former Hearts of Oak coach, Martin Koopman, has levied serious allegations against the club’s Board of Directors regarding player selection during his tenure.
The Dutch coach and the club mutually agreed to part ways following a string of unsatisfactory results.
Koopman, who had initially signed a two-year deal with the club, disclosed in an interview that the Board of Directors instructed him not to utilise seven players at the beginning of the ongoing 2023–24 Ghana Premier League season.
He asserted that the club’s leadership had expressed a lack of trust in these players.
These revelations shed light on internal challenges within the club and raise questions about the dynamics between the coaching staff and the Board of Directors at Hearts of Oak during Koopman’s tenure.
“There are seven players they told me not to use in the competition. It was a day before our opening game,” Koopman told GhanaSportsPage.com.
“They named three players, but they later changed it to seven players (Annan, Korsah, Esso, Albert Eonde, Salifu, Seidu, and Attah).
They told me not to use them because they don’t believe them and they cannot help me in the competition,” he added.
Koopman managed to secure only two victories and a total of six goals in 10 Ghana Premier League matches during his tenure.
Hearts of Oak, currently without a new head coach, suffered an exit from the MTN FA Cup after being defeated by division-one side Nania FC.
The team is now in search of a suitable candidate to fill the coaching role.
Meanwhile, the Phobians are gearing up for their upcoming match on matchday 13 against Aduana FC at the Nana Agyemang Badu stadium on Sunday.
This match poses a significant challenge for the team, and their performance will be closely watched as they aim to recover from recent setbacks.
