Ishmael Addo, a former Hearts of Oak attacker, maintains that the only way a Goal King can be equated to him is when the accolade is won three times in a row.
Addo is best known for his accomplishments during his career at Hearts of Oak but has also spent several years in France, Israel, Greece, Cyprus, and India.
When Asante Kotoko's Franck Mbella Etouga was on the verge of winning the trophy last season, several commentators drew parallels between him and the Hearts of Oak legend.
Ashantigold's Yaw Annor at the end of the season won the goal king award.
“[Charles Taylor] actually told me there is this Kotoko striker who scored 21 goals and that he is about to break my record. When he told me that, I asked myself, ‘so, how are Ghanaians taking this?” Addo said.
“Personally, I wasn’t bothered because they were saying the guy is about to break my record. And I was saying I never even broke any record in Ghana. I only equalled Dan Owusu’s record by winning the goal king three times,"
“So, if you guys are saying this guy is about to break my record, I don’t get it. I don’t even see myself sitting somewhere and having an interview and saying I broke Dan Owusu’s record. No! Nowhere have I ever said that. I only equalled it,"
“So, if you are comparing that guy to me, then it is a big mistake. You can’t say somebody is winning one goal king of the season to break my record. The record that I set was three times. It’s not even a record. I equalled somebody’s record,"
“When you guys are putting an argument across, you need to know how to put it. Myself that you are comparing the guy to, I never broke the record, I only equalled the record,”
“Oh, somebody else, not him [Mbella]? [Do] you see what I’m saying? Because the foreigner never did it and a Ghanaian did it, everybody was quiet about it. They were making so much noise because he was a foreigner.
“This is what I’m saying about Ghanaians; they won’t patronize their own people. Give them [Ghanaians] that encouragement, and confidence to be better, but they are rather thinking about somebody who is coming from somewhere and it’s not even a shame to you?” he quizzed.