{"id":17571,"date":"2019-01-18T09:15:25","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T09:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=17571"},"modified":"2019-01-18T09:15:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T09:15:25","slug":"asante-kotoko-sign-players-without-plans-hearts-oak-coach-kim-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/asante-kotoko-sign-players-without-plans-hearts-oak-coach-kim-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Asante Kotoko sign players without any plans &#8211; Hearts of Oak coach Kim Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Hearts of Oak Head coach Kim Grant believes has stated that arch rivals Asante Kotoko sign players without making any plans.<\/h3>\n<p>Asante Kotoko coach CK Akonnor have recruited ten players to his side prior to the CAF competition, they are on the verge of qualifying for the group stages of the CAF Confederation Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Kim Grant said in an interview that he is aware of their progress in Africa and also the need to beat them whenever they cross path.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zgZCQqvAFa\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/fans-unhappy-outcome-j-kufuor-cup-game-kotoko-ashgold\/\">Fans unhappy with the outcome of the J.A Kufuor Cup game between Kotoko and Ashgold<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Fans unhappy with the outcome of the J.A Kufuor Cup game between Kotoko and Ashgold&#8221; &#8212; Sahara Football\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/fans-unhappy-outcome-j-kufuor-cup-game-kotoko-ashgold\/embed\/#?secret=rYfWntCiM8#?secret=zgZCQqvAFa\" data-secret=\"zgZCQqvAFa\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not in my contract to win only against Kotoko but the other clubs. 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