Accra Lions coach Ibrahim Tanko says his outfit is hoping to achieve great things with Germany football legend Lothar Mathaus who recently acquired a stake in the club.
The former Ballon d’Or winner was unveiled as co-owner of the Ghanaian club on Tuesday at the Kempinski Hotel in Accra.
The ownership group now consists of Matthaus, Ghanaian football star Frank Acheampong, and renowned football agent Oliver Konig. This purchase comes with a reported valuation of around €2 million.
Speaking in an interview, Tanko, who doubles as the head coach of Black Meteors welcomed the world football legend and promised to repay him.
“It’s a good thing for us to have a world football legend like Lothar Mathaus to join the Accra Lions family. His partnership with us is huge because when you go into the Germany newspapers it is unbelievable”
“We hope to give him the quality that propelled him to join us. We welcome him and hope we achieve great things with him” he said.
Accra Lions are currently 9th on the Ghana Premier League table with 44 points after 31 matches into the season.