Former Asante Kotoko head coach Seydou Zerbo has revealed the reason behind the appointment of Orlando Wellington as an assistant coach in the middle of the 2022/23 Ghana Premier League season. 

In his first media interview following his sacking in March this year ,  Zerbo accuses Kotoko assistant coach Abdulai Gazale and goalkeepers coach Issah Najahu of sabotaging him during his short stint in Kumasi.

Gazale became the interim technical boss of the Porcupine Warriors after Zerbo was fired.

When Zerbo was asked whether he informed the Nana Yaw Amponsah and the Kotoko management of the problems Gazale and Najahu were making against him , he replied :

“Yes. I inform Nana Yaw Amponsah and that is why they brought Orland Wellington to help me. Now when Gazale was sent away from the team , he was still in touch with some players who were on his side and were doing his bidding and don’t forget Najahu was still there.” , he told Kumasi-based Fox FM on Monday on the Focal Sports Show.

“They (Gazale and Najahu) were not professional at all but you see football is a universal game. Gazale never accepted my coming to Kotoko since our pre-season in Sudan , he never opened up to me and I realized it. Even in Benin for the Champions League game against Kadiogo , he was still the same , never okay with my arrival and he did all these with his accomplice Issah Najahu to make sure I did not succeed as Kotoko head coach” , Seydou Zerbo said.

Indeed Wellington was brought on board by Kotoko on 5th December , 2022 to help the Burkina Faso gaffer.

“We are delighted to welcome on board Coach ORLANDO WELLINGTON as first team assistant coach. Welcome”, a statement on the club’s Twitter account announced.

Kotoko finished 4th on the final league standings of the 2022/23 league season and will take part in the upcoming GHALCA Top 4.

Meanwhile the club is expected to go into the new season with a reconstituted board of directors as Otumfour Osei Tutu II gets ready to make the big announcement.

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