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Soccer News of Saturday, 27 January 2007

Source: rexford tetteh nii ayi

King Solomon Lands Dutch Partnership

Koforidua based National Division One League side, King Solomon F/C has through the effort of its founder and bank-roller, Nana Solomon Amankwa Agyin landed a long term partnership deal with Nac Breda, a Dutch Soccer Academy. Arriving in the country last Monday for their eight-day working visit which will be climax with the signing of the deal, the two officials of the Dutch club, Richard Van Oosterhout and Adman Mouwen joined the playing-body during their training sessions and expressed satisfaction with the level of play exhibited by the team and promised that their outfit put in their maximum best to see to it that the club qualifies to the Premier League in the next year or two.

The deal which will see the Dutch club providing King Solomon F.C with an expatriate trainer who will be heading the technical staff, will also have a number of players from the Koforidua based club trekking to Holland every six months to join their partners and other Premiership side in Holland to further their career.

According to officials of the club which is currently occupying the fifth position in the Zone 3A eight club league table of the on-going Division One League, they are deciding to move their home grounds to Nkawkaw next season due to what they term lack patronage during league matches.