Accra Hearts of Oak board member Frank Nelson has stated that the absence of a headline sponsor for the Ghana premier league is really taken a financial toll on the clubs. With just six matches to end this season’s campaign the league is still without a sponsor after First Capital withdrew its services.
Frank Nelson who doubles as a member on the Executive Committee of the FA feels this is killing the clubs.
“The lack of sponsorship is affecting every club but at the end of the day we can’t do anything about it because the time First Capital Plus pulled out was a very bad timing.” Frank Nelson told Asempa Sports in an interview.
“The economy is also affecting corporate institutions to make sponsorship available but I strongly believe that we will get a sponsor to sponsor the league next season. It has affected most of the clubs.
“People think because Kotoko and Hearts of Oak are big clubs with huge supporters so they don’t feel the pains but it is not like that because we are all feeling the pains. The bigger you are, the bigger your problems.
“The smaller clubs also feel the pains so we will come together and deliberate on how we can get sponsorship for the league because it is not easy to play the league without sponsors.” Nelson added.