Former Okwahu United head coach, Nana Agyemang, has pointed to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II as a significant factor contributing to the challenges faced by Asante Kotoko.
The team, known as the Porcupine Warriors, is currently experiencing difficulties in the 2023/24 Ghana Premier League season.
With just one victory in their last eight games during the second round, Asante Kotoko has struggled to make an impact both domestically and on the continental stage.
Under the management of Prosper Narteh Ogum, the team currently occupies the 10th position on the league table with 36 points, only five points above the relegation zone.
“When you look at Manchester United, a very big club, I don’t know the patron. The patrons of those clubs don’t feature and figure in the same way that Otumfuo does,” Nana Agyemang, who is also a former Sekondi Hasaacas head coach told JoySports.
“We are supposed to be having some competent people sitting around a table being the board managing this club and we can never ever get to that stage.
“The King is one big issue for me, then the management members that he selects is another problem, how they are selected represent another problem because huge lobbying goes on.”
Following the dissolution of the Board of Directors and the then Nana Yaw Amponsah’s led management, Otumfuo set up an Interim Management Committee (IMC), which includes Nana Apinkra Akwasi Awua, Akwasi Appiah, Coach Dr. Prosper Narteh Ogum, and Emmanuel Newton Dasoberi to run the club.
Meanwhile, Asante Kotoko will return to action this weekend when they travel to play defending champions, Medeama SC in the Matchday 28 games at Akoon Park.