Vincent Sowah Odotei, a Board Member of Hearts of Oak has rubbished allegations levelled against the hierarchy of the club suggesting they interfered with the job of Kosta Papic.
Papic who returned to the club left the Ghana Premier League giants on Monday claiming his job was interfered with by some hierarchy members of the club.
However, in addressing the issue during a press conference on Wednesday, Vincent Sowah Odotei stated that he was shocked at why people were levelling blames at his doorsteps despite being the one to have introduced the coach to the players on his first day at the job.
“I can assure you, I will be the last person to see Papic fail. Nobody has influenced him, not even a shrug," he said.
Contrary to the accusations levelled against them, Sowah Odotei said, “I got Doc. [Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe] and Togbe Afede involved and we pleaded with him to stay. Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe even told him to stay because he’s been an ambassador to Serbia and we will help him, but he said he doesn’t think the players will change.”
“He told us that he experienced a similar thing at Matrizburg FC and it’s after he had left that things changed,” Sowah Odotei added.
According to him, the board realized Papic was unhappy after a series of abysmal performance from the players. He also revealed that the club had finalized Papic’s contract before his resignation.