According to Asante Kotoko's Communications and Brands Manager, David Obeng Nyarko, consistent injuries have been a major hindrance to the club's progress this season.
The defending champions have been inconsistent in the Ghanaian top-flight, currently occupying the fifth position with 39 points after playing 26 matches.
In an interview with Kumasi-based Sompa FM, which was monitored by Footballhghana.com, Obeng Nyarko attributed his team's struggles in the league to injury setbacks. He highlighted the poor quality of the pitches as a factor that contributes to the injury situation in the league.
He also disclosed that Kotoko's medical team resort to taping players in every game, which costs almost GHC5000, to avoid injuries.
“Our season has really been hampered by injuries, almost every single player at Kotoko has faced an injury or two. A lot of factors lead to this injury situation in our league, sometimes the quality of the pitches we use, let be frank with ourselves, these are injury prone pitches because ideally, the pitches need to be watered before games because some of the pitches are very hard, Muntari even complained"
“In order to prevent injuries our medical team resort to taping, they use to tape players in every game. Those tapes are very expensive and I can tell you that, in every game we spend almost GHC5000 on taping our players, just to avoid injuries. In fact, injuries have really worried us” he said.
Asante Kotoko is scheduled to face Aduana Stars in matchday 27 of the Ghana Premier League at the Baba Yara Stadium on Sunday.
