Asante Kotoko: Management lied to me, says head coach Mariano Barreto

Asante Kotoko head coach, Mariano Barreto has accused the management of the club of deception regarding the facilities available to the team.

The Portuguese trainer was appointed as a replacement for Maxwell Konadu prior to the start of the second half of the just-ended 2020/21 football season.

However, the 64-year-old has been vocal about the club’s lack of proper infrastructure in recent weeks.

According to him, none of the timelines he was given regarding the readiness of the club infrastructure was adhered to.

“I was told we had a good pitch and it’s true, we have a good pitch for training,” he said in an interview with Kumasi based Nhyira FM.

“I was also told the infrastructure will be ready in two/three weeks when I was coming, unfortunately, it didn’t happen due to a lot of challenges.

“But I understand they tried to solve it but the fact is that the infrastructure was not ready and there was no alternative.”

Barreto led the club to a second-place finish in the just ended Ghana Premier League season.

The Asante Kotoko management is led by young administrator, Nana Yaw Amponsah.