Veteran football administrator, Kwaku Manu has advised Asante Kotoko to forget about the case against they have lost against four former players at the Players Status Committee.
The Porcupine Warriors club on Monday was ordered by the Players Status Committee to pay GHS198,000 to ex-players Abass Mohammed, Mathew Kelvin Andoh, Stephen Tetteh Aryiku, and Evans Owusu.
The said players had earlier dragged the team before the committee for unlawful termination of their contracts without compensation.
In a subsequent letter from Asante Kotoko to the GFA, they have made it clear they want to appeal the judgment from the committee.
Giving his take on the matter, Kwaku Manu who has broad knowledge in the laws of the Ghana FA says the club should not try to appeal the cases.
According to him, there is no law that backs an appeal and the club should just settle the issues with the players.
“The player status committee's decisions are not appealed according to the status of the FA and I can tell you that the status is unsatisfactory and irrelevant and needs to be amended, I don't understand the people who sat down and made such a law and those who accepted it for it to be used for our football,” Kofi Manu noted.
The former GFA Executive Committee member continued, “I will advise the chief executive officer and the management to humble themselves and settle the issue amicably with the players and their management that they are in a covid-19 moment they can't pay such amount now so they should give them a payment plan for them to settle them only if the players will accept.”
Meanwhile, information gathered has revealed that Asante Kotoko could proceed to CAS if they are unable to file an appeal on the matter.