Haruna Iddrisu, the owner and financial backer of Karela United, is contemplating a relocation of the club's operations from Anyinase to Tamale in order to fulfill the criteria set by the Club Licensing Committee of the Ghana Football Association.
Having secured ownership of the Anyinase-based team in December 2022 through an arrangement worth around GHS3.1 million ($300,000), the Ghanaian politician Haruna Iddrisu had initially intended to maintain the team's presence in the Western Region.
However, deviating from the original blueprint, the Member of Parliament for Tamale South has now expressed his desire to transfer the club to his hometown for the upcoming season.
Haruna Iddrisu cites the Club Licensing Board's disapproval of the club's current home venue, Crosby Awuah Memorial Park, as the rationale behind this shift. He emphasizes that this decision is born out of necessity due to the venue not meeting the required standards.
“I have come to welcome Karela Football Club into Tamale for their preseason session and to discuss and consult with the management and technical team, where our venue for the 2023/24premier league may be," he said.
“It is not my wish to have taken the team away from Anyinase from the people of Nzema, but regrettably the GFA have disqualified the Anyinase football pitch, as not being desirable or meeting their minimum standard. So, we have to look elsewhere and we will look elsewhere and satisfy the licensing requirement.”
Already in the midst of their preseason training activities in Tamale, the team is diligently getting ready for their inaugural match in the 2023/24 Ghana Premier League against Legon Cities.
