Former Hearts of Oak coach, Mohammed Polo, has called upon the current coach, Martin Koopman, to find solutions to the club's recent problems.
The Phobians have struggled, winning only one game and scoring a single goal in their first five matches of the Ghana Premier League season.
Koopman recently defended his team's goal-scoring difficulties, linking the issue to the Black Stars. In response to Koopman's remarks, Polo emphasized the need for the Dutch coach to address the club's challenges and questioned the competence of foreign coaches.
Polo expressed his surprise that African teams still place more trust in white coaches over their local counterparts. He underlined that Koopman needs to find the solutions, as that is the primary reason he was hired in the first place. Polo also raised concerns about the possibility of Hearts of Oak facing relegation if corrective measures are not taken promptly.
“I am surprised we Africans still believe these white coaches are still superior to us (black coaches), because we don’t even trust our own, we don’t give the chance to our own.
“He is telling Hearts of Oak something because he was signed for two years and can’t be fired, if you do, you will pay a penalty, and he can say whatever he wants.
“He has to find the solution, it’s the reason why he was contracted, he started preseason and was scoring plenty of goals and things have changed since the league started, it doesn’t mean it is the end,” he said in an interview with Connect 97.1 FM.
In the 2022-2023 league season, Hearts of Oak finished 12th, and Polo emphasized the importance of learning from past experiences to avoid a similar fate in the current season.
"From the way things are going, if care is not taken, it might get out of hand. Last season, Hearts of Oak battled relegation, and it seems they haven't learned anything from it," Polo concluded in his interview with Connect 97.1 FM.
