Kevin-Prince Boateng Is Desperate To Join AC Milan- Agent

Ghana international Kevin-Prince Boateng could take a wage cut to return to Italian Serie A club AC Milan.

The German-born Ghanaian according to his agent Federico Patorello is desperate to rejoin his former club and might take a pay cut since his contract with German Bundesliga club Schalke 04 is financially lucrative.

Federico Pastorello said on the Prince Boateng to AC Milan negotiation:

“He's obviously really desperate [to join AC Milan], but it's a complicated situation because he's contracted to Schalke until the end of the season, which is why he might remain there, bearing also in mind the fact that the contract he has is financially lucrative.

"Milan have been extraordinarily accommodating to him and I would like to thank both [general manager Adriano] Galliani and [coach Sinisa] Mihajlovic publicly for having given Prince the opportunity to train with the team, considering that at Schalke he was not permitted to train with the rest of the team.”

Kevin-Prince Boateng is currently training with the Italian club after Schalke suspended him and failed to register him due to disciplinary reasons.

The player has featured in two friendly games for AC Milan since he started training with the club with the recent fixture coming against rivals Inter Milan.

SPORTS: Ghana Names 23-man Squad To Face Comoros

The West African giants have announced their squad ahead of the double tie against Comoros with the return of Asamoah Gyan and a debut call up to Samuel Tetteh

Ghana have named a strong 23-man squad for the upcoming double header against Comoros in the 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifiers.

The Black Stars are set to face Les Coelecantes on November 13 in the first leg at the Stade Said Mohamed Cheikh before hosting them at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi in the return encounter four days later.

Making a return to the squad is captain Asamoah Gyan, who missed Ghana’s last two matches against Rwanda and Canada in August and September as he was allowed time by coach Avram Grant to concentrate on his recovery after sustaining injury

Also included is Swansea City’s in-form midfielder Andre Ayew and brother Jordan Ayew, who scored two goals in his last two English Premier League matches.

Conspicuously missing from the roster is Malmo FF’s Enock Adu Kofi, despite his consistent performance in the Uefa Champions League, while Portland Timbers goalkeeper Adam Kwarasey is still out even after announcing his return from a self-imposed sabbatical.

In his abscence, Wa All Stars shot-stopper Richard Ofori will fill the void alongside Fatau Dauda and Razak Brimah.

Wafa youngster Samuel Tetteh has been handed a debut call-up after impressing at the 2015 Fifa Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand last June as well as with the home-based Black Stars under assistant coach Maxwell Konadu.

Ghana have qualified to the last three Fifa World Cup editions after making their debut in 2006.

Full Black Stars list:

Goalkeepers: Razak Braimah (Cordoba, Spain), Fatau Dauda (AshGold), Richard Ofori (Wa All Stars)

Defenders: Harrison Afful (Columbus Crew, USA), (Phil Ofosu-Ayeh, Eintracht Braunschweig, Germany), Jeffery Schlupp (Leicester City, England), Baba Rahman (Chelsea, England), John Boye (Sivasspor, Turkey), Jonathan Mensah (Evian, France), Gyimah Edwin (Orlando Pirates, South Africa), Daniel Amartey, (FC Copenhagen, Denmark)

Midfielders: Rabiu Mohammed (Krasnodar, Russia), Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese, Italy), Afriyie Acquah (Torino, Italy), Solomon Asante (T.P. Mazembe, DR Congo), Samuel Tetteh (WAFA), Andre Ayew (Swansea City, UK), Mubarak Wakaso (Las Palmas, Spain)

Forwards: Asamoah Gyan (SIPG Shanghai, China), Jordan Ayew (Aston Villa, England), Abdul-Majeed Waris (Lorient, France) Ebenezer Assifuah (Sion, Switzerland), David Accam (Chicago Fire, USA)

source: goalghana.com

Baba Rahman Features Full Time As Chelsea Brushes Off Dynamo Kyiv

Abdul Baba Rahman was named in the starting XI and went on to play in the full duration of Chelsea’s UEFA Champions League game against Dynamo Kyiv on Wednesday night.

In a fixture where regular full right back Branislav Ivanovic had returned from an injury layoff to train with the Chelsea first team, manager Jose Mourinho kept faith with the Ghanaian defender slotting him at left full back while Cesar Azpilicueta played in the opposite right side of the defence.

Chelsea who desperately needed a win in the game to give hope for their disastrous season got a breather in the first half when Dynamo Kyiv’s Dragovic put the ball into his own net from a Willian cross.

The Stamford Bridge outfit took the 1-0 home lead into the interval and returned with zeal to get more goals.

Hearts sank at Stamford Bridge when own goal scorer Dragovic scored again on the night to put the game at 1-1 with 12 minutes to go.

Chelsea however did not give up home and quickly restored their lead five minutes later as Willian scored the winner for Jose Mourinho’s men to end the game 2-1.

Chelsea moved to second position on the Group G log with three points from the win against Dynamo Kyiv. The Stamford Bridge outfit now has seven points from their four UEFA Champions League fixtures, three behind first team Porto and two ahead of third placed Dynamo Kyiv. Maccabi Tel Aviv are still without a point from their four fixtures.

Ghana Captain Asamoah Gyan ranked 6th highest paid player in the world

For the record, that’s Ghc 1.4m a week; or 10.4bn old Ghana cedis entering tBaby jet’s accounts every seven days.

A ranking of footballers on the globe carried out by UK site The Kingmaker has put the Ghanaian captain as the highest paid player on the continent. Gyan landed this salary after sealing a deal to play in China with Shanghai SIPG.

Gyan lpegs at 6th position, falling only behind playmakers like Lionel Messi, Christiano Ronaldo, and Wayne Rooney. He beat Ivorian Yaya Toure to the highest paid on the continent.
The other Ghanaian on the list is Michael Essien, who landed at #176 on the 200 player long list; earning $93,000 a week with Greek side Panathinaikos.

Below is the list of 20 highest paid personalities in football (players and coaches). You can view the full list at thekingmaker.me:

Lionel Messi £313,461.00

Cristiano Ronaldo £288,000.00

Wayne Rooney £285,000.00

Zlatan Ibrahimovic £275,000.00

Gareth Bale £256,000.00

Asamoah Gyan £226,923.07

Yaya Touré £220,000.00

Sergio Agüero £220,000.00

David de Gea £200,000.00

Bastian Schweinsteiger £200,000.00

Eden Hazard £200,000.00

Luis Suárez £200,000.00

Diego Costa £185,000.00

Thiago Silva £185,000.00

 Rahim Sterling £180,000.00

Fernando Torres £180,000.00

Blaise Matuidi £166,154.00

Jose Mourinho £160,961.00

David Silva £160,000.00

Cesc Fàbregas £156,000.00.

I don’t regret abandoning accounting for comedy – Foster Romanus

The art of Comedy, especially stand-up comedy in Ghana is growing steadily. But the major challenge this budding industry faces is the lack of sponsorship and wide public acceptance.

Comedians such as (Hon) Fritz Baffour and Tommy Annan Forson have all contributed their quota in ensuring that this industry flourishes. The current generation boasts of many spectacular comedians. One of such talents is the ‘rib cracker’, Foster Romanus.

Foster Owusu Amponsah, who responds to the stage name, Romanus, started his career as a humorist when he joined Top Class Entertainment about a decade ago.

The first runner-up for Stars of the Future, comedy section, revealed on the Xclusive Chat With Real Eugene of The Big Exclusive Show on Radio Universe that he had to desert his accounting class to pursue his dreams of becoming a top class stand-up comedian.

"I went to University of Professional Studies (UPS). I was doing Chartered Accounting…There I realized that the brain was not meant for accounting…It was then that Stars of the Future came up".

After placing second on the comedy edition of Stars of the Future, Foster Romanus focused his attention on exploring the field of theatre arts which eventually led to his admission into the University of Ghana to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater Arts.

In the process, he had to abandon his studies in Chartered Accounting to make enough time for comedy. ‘I enrolled and did Theater Arts…That was the course! 'I dey force for there paa’ (comedy)’.

When asked by the host, Real Eugene if he regrets choosing comedy over a career in accounting, Romanus responded that though sponsorship was absent, his passion for comedy kept him in the industry and he has no regrets.

‘I don’t (regret) at all…I did comedy for almost six years without pay…God took care of us. We were using our own monies to fund our shows. But we still did it.’

He added that he had to finance his own shows and performed usually for free.

The old boy of Pope Johns Senior High School who shot to fame with his role in the theatrical work titled Gallery of Comedies at the National Theatre has been soaring high ever since.

His appearance on Viasat 1’s ‘Laugh a Minute’ show also gave more people the opportunity to see Romanus in action.

Foster Romanus is one of the few stand-up comedians the country has produced. He has not failed to mesmerize his audience with hilarious pieces on the numerous shows he has appeared on recently.

Comedy Bar, Comedy Fiesta, DKB Comedy Tour and Flagstaff House are few of the numerous shows Romanus has featured on.