Accra Hearts of Oak midfield kingpin Samudeen Ibrahim has indicated his disappointments by the departures of some of the club's key players.
Several of the club's top players are leaving due to contract expiration and unwillingness to extend their stay.
Captain Thomas Abbey, striker Kwame Kizito and defender Fatau Mohammed are likely to leave before the start of the season.
Meanwhile Stalwart defender Vincent Atinga has left the phobians after acquiring a floating status from the Ghana Football Association.
Samudeen Ibrahim, another key member of the team has a contract with the club but bemoans the rate at which some of the top performers are leaving.
“It’s very sad news for me because, it’s not easy to be with such players and later lose them. It will affect the team a lot, so I was very sad when I heard the news,’ Ibrahim said.
“But I don’t have control over anyone, so I think that is football for you, you cannot stay in one club forever. They also have their own reasons.”
“Definitely, is not easy to recruit a player and then for his first season gel with the team. It won’t be that easy, so definitely we are going to miss them. And is going to affect the club no matter what,” he added.
Accra Hearts of Oak have began preseason training with most of the first team players absent.
The Club will face Kumasi Asante Kotoko at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in the return league of the Ghana @60 match on December 24th.