Ghana and Wazito FC midfielder Paul Acquah has opened up on his failed move to Tusker when he first arrived in Kenya two years ago.
Acquah said that he was invited for trials by the Kenyan Premier League (KPL) giants but he did not succeed due to the different weather conditions in Kenya
"I was invited by Tusker and the initial plan was to join them as my first Kenyan team. But due to weather, which is different in Kenya and Ghana, it made my time in Tusker quite difficult," Acquah said in an interview with the club's portal.
"The weather did not help me at all and that is the reason I could not sign and stay at Tusker."
He joined Wazito in January last year when the club was in the National Super League (NSL), and played a key role as they earned promotion to the KPL at the end of the 2018/19 season
"Wazito then asked me to join their training sessions at Camp Toyoyo but they made it clear that it was a 50/50 situation as they could not guarantee whether they would sign me in the end,” revealed the star.
"I just wanted the chance for them to assess whether I was a good player or not."
"I started playing football in 2006 and the journey has never been easy at all because in Africa when you want to start playing football it is never easy as is the case may be in Europe," continued Acquah.
"Freedom Stars is where I launched my career before moving to Top Talent and finally, I joined Accra Hearts of Oak.
"At Oak, I played in the Confederation Cup in 2015 against Esperance of Tunisia who knocked us out after a 4-0 home win before forcing a 1-1 draw in Accra."
He added, "I do not have any other job apart from football. It is not easy in Africa to develop as a footballer but if you chose to play it becomes easy. One has to work hard, respect teammates and take advice from the right people."
"I like Barcelona because of the way they play football and make it easy and in England I love Liverpool."