Hearts of Oak have given up on luring Daniel Afriyie Barnieh to extend his stay at the club.
The Black Galaxies forward has dominated the local media after reports emerged that he is reluctant to extend his stay at the club.
A source speaking to Graphic Sports revealed that the club finally decided to let the promising forward leave the club.
“He (Daniel Afriyie Barnieh) has still not signed a new contract and I had a discussion with the board chairman that if he doesn’t sign, nobody should call him; he should be allowed to go but his conscience would be his own judge," the source said.
“If you can treat a club that brought you to prominence that way, then he can go because we made all the efforts we could for over three months, explaining to him the need to sign but he kept on dilly-dallying with us with his so-called manager, so if he wants to go he can go,” the source added.
The source intimated that because the player did not want to play for the club, that was why he was dragging his feet in signing a new contract. Due to that, they had excluded him from the list of players the club submitted to the Ghana Football Association (GFA).
“He wouldn’t like to sign and the only reason he wouldn’t like to sign is that he doesn’t want to play for the club, but one thing I’m sure about is that his name is not on the list of players we submitted to the FA,” it further revealed.
Barnieh’s contract is due to expire at the end of this month and the player has refused to pen his signature to a new deal as reports indicate that several foreign clubs are pursuing him.
Barnieh is currently at the camp of the Black Galaxies preparing for the 2023 African Nations Championship [CHAN] scheduled to be hosted in Algeria.