Adjah Tetteh, a former Hearts of Oak midfielder, believes striker Abednego Tetteh will be an able replacement for Joseph Esso.
Esso, who joined the Phobians in 2017 from Ebusua Dwarfs left the club for free after the two parties failed to agree on terms of a new deal.
Adjah Tetteh says neither Esso nor the club can be blamed for the collapsed talks and believes Hearts have done good business with the addition of Abednego Tetteh.
“Esso’s exit might not really affect them because they have now signed Abednego Tetteh.
"I think both parties had their own reasons why an agreement cannot be reached.
“Let’s just hope the team can bounce back in the new season and win trophies. That is what the fans are expecting.” He concluded.
The 23-year-old scored 3 goals in his 14 appearances for the Phobians in the truncated 2019/20 Ghana Premier League season.
Esso was also a member of the Black Stars ‘B’ squad that won silver at the 2019 WAFU Cup staged in Senegal.