Gossip/Transfers: Bortey joins Essien?

June

• Bernard Don Bortey has completed a move to Israel's most successful Arab club Bnei Sakhnin. The former Hearts of Oak player has penned a three-year contract with the club and will earn around $35,000 each season. Bortey has represented his country at U-17 and U-20 level but has since failed to fulfill his undoubted potential. He joins his countryman Kweku Essien at Bnei Sakhnin , who signed for the club earlier in June.
  

• Chester City have made a move for Liverpool defender Godwin Antwi. The 20-year-old Ghanaian-born player is highly thought of at Anfield, but it is understood that they would be receptive to a temporary loan spell, if the player was agreeable, says the Daily Post

• Hearts of Oak midfielder Kweku Essien has completed his move to Israeli side Sakhnin FC after a short stint with the dethroned Ghanaian Premier League champions. Essien,who was voted the Premier League's Most Valuable Player at the end of the 2006/2007 season,was sacked by his Bundesliga II side for non-performance after the winter break. He came back to Ghana to relaunch his career with Hearts of Oak. The deal was brokered by his former club Maamobi Midjitlland.

• 27.06: Kaizer Chiefs’ defender Jonathan Quartey jetted out of the country last night to undergo a one-week trial at Danish outfit FC Nordsjaelland. The Ghanaian, who has Amakhosi’s blessings to go on trial, will play two friendly matches for the Super Liga side before returning to Naturena. Quartey joined Kaizer Chiefs as a 19-year-old in August 2007, on a 3-year deal after impressing coach Muhsin Ertugral in a week-long trial. He has also represented Ghana at Under-17, Under 20 and Under 23 level, but has yet to make his debut for the senior team. FC Nordsjaelland play in the town of Farum and play their home games at Farum Park stadium, which can seat 10,000 spectators. They finished last season in ninth spot of the 12-team league.

• 25.06: Hearts of oak striker,Bernard Dong Bortey,could seal a move to Egyptian Premier League side,Etesalat if he passes a medical this week. Bortey left Accra last Friday for his medical and his stay at the club would be determined by the outcome of the test. He had already gone on a trials with an Israeli club but he is believed to be interest in a move to Egypt due to the lucrative deal involved. Etesalat escaped relegation last season by one point and want to bolster their attacking force before the start of the new season. Bortey has had unsuccessful stints abroad since bursting onto the scene after the 1999 fifa Under-17 World Championship in New Zealand.

• Ghana international and Udinese attacker Asamoah Gyan is a target for Rennes. “He’s part of our shot-list,” confirmed Lacombe. “The striker I’m looking for is the one who will partner with Briand. A real goalscorer that could help him improve.”

• 20.06: DANIEL EDUSEI has completed a transfer to Cypriot club ETHNIKOS ACHNAS after his release from Greek club Egaleo.

• 17.06(Ghanasoccernet.com): Israeli side Hapoel Pectah Tikva are claiming to have signed Ghana defender John Boye. Reports in the Israeli media suggest the Hearts of Lions player has signed a three-year with the club.

• Newly promoted Italian side Chievo are interested in Roma's Ahmed Barusso

• Relegated Parma (Serie B) wants to sign Mark Edusei

• Olympique Marseille wants Richard 'Olele' Kingston for #2 spot behind Steve Mandanda.

• Striker Mark Adu Amofah will spend the next month in Europe undergoing trials in France, Germany and Denmark as he seeks a move to Europe. The Bloemfontein Celtic striker is due in France on Tuesday with recently relegated Strasburg FC his first point of call. Amofah will then spend time at Hertha Berlin in Germany before having another trial in Denmark.

• 16.06 (tuttomercatoweb.com): Inter's New Boss Josè Mourinho wants to sign Derek Boateng from the Isreali club Beitar Jerusalem

• 16.06 (THE SUN): WIGAN will have to top £5.5million to land Rennes centre-back John Mensah. Mensah is also being tracked by Blackburn, Portsmouth and West Ham.

• Stephen Appiah is expected to sign for Italian Serie B side, Brescia, in the next season. The 28-year-old had a previous stinct with Brescia before he joined Juventus

• 13.08: Celtic could face stiff competition from four Premier League giants as they look to sign Rennes defender John Mensah.

• 12.08: Stade Rennais of France is reported to be interested in Asamoah Gyan. Even though Gyan has a contract with Udinesse till 2012, he's found it difficult to hold a place in the first team.

• AJ Auxerre in negotiations with Moussa Narry (Etoile du Sahel, Tunisia). The transfer is almost completed despite competition from Marseille, Sochaux and Le Mans.

• Former Hearts of Oak striker Wisdom Agblexo has joined Belgian second division side Lierse. The 21-year-old moves from newly promoted Egyptian Premiership side Olympy Alexandria. Agblexo signed a three-year deal with the former Belgian top league campaigners after helping Olympy to gain promotion.

• Wigan Athletic boss Steve Bruce is eyeing a new defensive signing. Bruce's assistant Eric Black has checked out the Rennes central defender John Mensah. Bolton and Blackburn have also been linked with Mensah but Wigan have been initially put off by a £7m price tag.

• Wigan Athletic are among clubs interested in Birmingham City goalkeeper Richard Kingson. "My agent has told me that several clubs are interested in signing me in France, England and Sweden," Kingson said. Along with Wigan, Lyon and Hammarby also are keen.

• 09.06: Unconfirmed reports reaching 90 Minutes indicates that Black Stars and Nottingham Forest striker, Junior Agogo has agreed terms on a 4.5 million euro deal with Egyptian side, Zamalek. Agogo, who got a brace in the Stars 3-2 win over Lesotho in the World/Nations Cup qualifiers on Sunday in Bloemfontein, only denied a move to the Egyptian side last week, saying he had no idea where the story was from even though he conceded that he might make a move away from Nottingham forest.

• Ex-Birmingham goalkeepers Richard Kingson may join English "divisin 3" side Crewe Alexdanria. Kingson is a full Ghana International and has had no less than 10 clubs in his career, the majority in Turkey's top flight.
  With Crewe in the midst of a goalkeeping crisis, having only one keeper signed up for next season, the long term absentee Stuart Tomlinson, it remains to be seen who will start pre season in goals for Crewe, which is now only weeks away.

May

• French Ligue 1 side, Olympique Marseille,have targeted Ghana international Moussa Narry, for a possible summer move. The 22-year-old Etoile du Sahel midfielder,has been seen as a replacement to Modeste Mbami who leaves after the just ended season. Narry,was part of Sahel's Caf Champions League winning team last year and played at the world club championship in Japan. He was part of the Ghana's squad that played in a four-nation tournament before the recently held Africa Cup of Nations on home soil in January.

• 29.08: Egyptian club, Zamalek, are in advanced talks with English club Nottingham Forest to sign Ghanaian striker Junior Agogo. The Cairo giants are seeking to find a replacement for prolific striker Amr Zaki, who is nearing a switch to Premiership side Wigan Athletic. Zamalek, who finished third in the Egyptian League, are expected to wrap up the deal within the coming few days.

• 28.05: Ghana defender John Mensah could be on his way to English premirship side, Wigan, and is valued at £7m by his club Rennes. (The Times)

• 26.05: Middlesbrough, Blackburn and Bolton will do battle for Ghana midfielder Anthony Annan.

• French club, Nice have released Ghana Under-20 defender Mohamed Yahaya after just one season with the club. The 20-year-old Ghanaian arrived in France at the start of the season but failed to break into the first team. A knee injury sustained in his first month with the club further dimmed his chances. Yahaya joined the club after impressing at the Toulon Football Festival in France last year.

• Samuel Osei-Kuffour has been kicked out by Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam at the end of the season for non-performance. The club had the option to extend the 31-year-old central defender's initial six-month contract by another two years, but opted not to ''after careful deliberation''.

  Kuffour managed to play twice in a Godenzonen shirt since his free transfer from Roma, last January, in part because of injuries. Kuffour has struggled to settle at a club since leaving German giants, Bayern Munich, in 2004 where he won six Bundesliga titles and four German Cups. He also won the UEFA Champions League in 2003 and added the then Inter-continental Cup to his silverware cabinet.

• Accra Hearts of Oak prodigy, Tawrick Jibril has been handed a two-week trials at English Premier League giants, Arsenal Football Club. Hearts received an invitation from the Gunners on Monday and are expected to release the 16-year-old midfielder to travel to England in the off season. -ghanasoccernet
  

• Nottingham Forest: The agent of Junior Agogo has hinted the striker could still be on his way out in the summer despite the club's promotion. Agogo's form at the African Nations Cup for Ghana in January is reported to have won him a host of admirers, and the 28-year-old, who scored 13 times this season, has admitted the chance to play at the top level in Europe would be difficult to resist.

  His agent Saif Rubie said: "Given his form on the international stage, if the opportunity arose to play at the highest level, I am sure nobody would begrudge him that."

• Ghana latest teenage prodigy lighting up the local league, Torric Jibril, is the target of several top European clubs. But Spanish side Atletico Madrid are in the lead to sign the teenager who has already bagged national team

• Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari is attracting interest from Juventus.

April

• Real Madrid want to sign Michael Essien to replace Mahamadou Diarrá and have already let Chelsea and the player's agent know of their interest about a possible big money move in the summer.

• Information gathered by DAILY GUIDE SPORTS indicate that Ishmael Addo, who re-launched his ailing career with Hearts after signing for the club last Friday, will leave the Phobians for Israel or France in the course of the season because some teams including his former club Macabi Netanya, have expressed interest in him.

March

(Daily Mirror) Portsmouth captain Sol Campbell is set to use a get-out clause in his contract to join Villarreal in the summer. Harry Redknapp is already lining up a replacement with a £5m move for 25-year-old Ghana international John Mensah, currently with Rennes, in the offing.
• Former Black Stars’ defender Dan Quaye has returned to China to continue his football career after his fall out with Hearts’ coach Eyal Lachman. The 27-year-old has been told he has no future at Hearts under Lachman and has wasted no time in looking elsewhere to play his football. Quaye has re-joined Chinese Second Division side Chongqing Lifan from whom he signed up for Hearts of Oak at the end of last year.

• English side Aston Villa is interested in West Ham United fullback John Paintsil.

• Razak Pimpong has joined Norwegian side Premier League side Aalesund ahead of the start of the new season.

• West Ham United and Celtic are eyeing Rennes defender John Mensah. Rennes are prepared to cash in on the Ghana international in the summer and the stopper is keen to continue his career in the UK.

• Razak Pimpong has joined Norwegian side Premier League side Aalesund ahead of the start of the new season. The 25-year-old moves from rival Tappaligaen giants Viking on loan until the end of the season.

• Tottenham are planning a bid for Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari. The Sun says the Ghana international is in the sights of Spurs coach Juande Ramos as he seeks to add steel to his midfield in the summer.

• Getafe are chasing IK Start midfielder Anthony Annan. The Ghana international has attracted interest from across Europe after an impressive African Nations Cup campaign.

February

• Ghana under-17 striker Kelvin Bossman is set to leave English Premiership side for a loan stint Exeter City. Reading are looking to loan out the Ghanaian striker to the club that players in the fifth tier of English football to give him more playing experience before he returns to the Premiership side.

• Mohammed Hamza's club, Ceahlaul Piatra Neamt, decided not to extend his contract in December. He is now clubless

• (The Sun) Portsmouth will launch a £2.5m raid for Nottingham Forest striker Junior Agogo.

• After their interest in Junior Agogo, Stade de Caen are also interested in Anthony Annan

• German side Borussia Dortmund are reportedly interested in signing Anthony Annan

• David Adjei has moved from indian club Mahindra United to austrian division three side ASV Deutsch Tschantschendorf

• Greek side PAOK FC has competed the transfer of midfielder SEIDU YAHAYA.

• Chelsea are interested in signing IK Start's Ghana international midfielder Anthony Annan. (Daily Mirror)

• Black Meteors defender Daniel Addo of Kessben FC and midfielder Mohammed Adamu of Asante Kotoko both signed a contract for turkish club Genclerbirligi Ankara until June 2011.

• French division one side Le Stade Malherbe of Caen are planning to sign Junior Agogo

• German third division side FSV Frankfurt have signed ghanaian striker Lawrence Aidoo until June 2008.

January

• One of the Ghanaian tabloids claim that Manchester United has joined Arsenal in the chase for Nottingham Forest Junior Agogo

• Mallam Yahaya's new club is called Amicitia Viernheim (Germany, 3)

• Richard Nyarko (SV Oberglan) and George Afful (Deutschlandsberger SC) both signed for ESV Knittelfeld(Austria div. 3)
• 27.01.08: Samuel Kuffour (AS Roma) signs with AJAX (Netherlands).

• Former Tano Bofoakwa and Accra Hearts Of Oak defender now turned striker Anthony Yeboah aka Nsawam Suhum is set to move to Portugal or Israel from his base Germany after series of trials in both countries. Yeboah joined German club TSG Strochkhotel 1881 seven seasons ago According reports Yeboah is waiting his club to conclude negotiations which will enable him move to either Israel or Portugal. Yeboah who was a no nonsense defender in Ghana during his days with Hearts and Bofoakwa Tano has turned to become a strong and a fast improving striker in Germany Whiles on trials in Israel Yeboah trained with compatriots like Reuben Senyoh of Accra Hearts Of Oak and Jerry Akaminko of Heart Of Lions . Maccabi Netanya and other top Israeli clubs are also pushing in to have the signature of Anthony Yeboah.

• 23.01.08: Former Ghana international Samuel Osei Kuffour is set to sign with Serbian side Partizan Belgrade. Reports in the Italian media on Tuesday say Roma have agreed a loan deal with the Belgrade side for the former Bayern Munich ace .
  The defender was on loan last season at Serie A side Livorno but has been told to look for a new club by Roma coach Luciano Spalletti.

• Ibrahim Abdul Razak (24) and Sampson Cudjoe (19) on trial with German Bundesliga 2 side Erzgebirge Aue

• (The SUN) Arsenal are chasing £5million-rated Marseille wonderkid Andre Ayew.
• Lawrence Aidoo is currently on trials with Bundesliga side MSV Duisburg. The clubs chairman stated that Aidoo would most certainly not be signed. SV Wehen has earlier decided not to sign Aidoo, he couldnt convince the coach

• Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari is target for Spanish outfit Valencia. (The Sun)

• 2006 Ghanaian footballer of the year, Kweku Essien is said to have no future with Bundesliga II side VFL Osnabrück. Coach Wollitz asked Essien's management to find him a new club. Essien only managed to play one match for the club.

• Roma are making a major bid for Sampdoria striker Andrea Caracciolo. Roma chiefs want Caracciolo signed this month and are offering goalkeeper Gianluca Curci and midfielder Ahmed Barusso in exchange. All three players would swap clubs on initial loan agreements.

• Romanian side Rapid Bukarest have signed Ibrahim Salou for 6 months.

• 07.01.08: Israel side Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. have acquired Asante Kotoko forward Kwame Obeng Darko on a two-month trial deal.

• French Club OSC Lille placed a bid of 1.2 million Euros for Bennard Kumordzi

• Asante Kotoko striker Baba 'Armando' Adamu has left the Kumasi-based club to join Sudanese giants Al Hilal on a six-month contract.

• Isaac Boakye has joined German second division side Mainz 05 until the end of the season. The 26-year-old striker moves on loan from Bundesliga side Wolfsburg in a deal worth 100,000 Euros. The deal will be made permanent in June if Boakye impresses with the Rhineland side.

• Serbian side Red Star Belgrade "Crvena Zvezda" are in talks to sign striker Prince Tagoe.

• (tribalFootball) Real Madrid are closing in on a deal for Daniel Opare. The 17-year-old fullback is currently tied to Ashanti Gold. Real's international scout Julen Lopetegui has spoken with Opare's representatives about an end-of-season move to Spain. AshantiGold are seeking two million pounds for the U17 World Cup star.

• FSV Mainz will loan Isaac Boakye for 6 months. Mainz will pay Wolfsburg 100,000 euros for the loan deal.

• Abdul Nafiu Iddrisu, has joined United Arab Emirates side Al Dhafra from Ivorian giants ASEC Mimosas. The 21-year-old has signed a three year contract with the Emirate side for an undisclosed fee.

• (ghanasoccernet) Jerry Akaminko, captain of Heart of Lions, is set to join Maccabi Tel Aviv. The 22-year-old is currently undergoing medical tests and is likely to strike a deal after impressing on trials. The versatile defender's proposed move to Benfica last year fell through after a late arrival of his International Transfer Certificate.

• Preston striker Patrick Agyemang has joined Championship rivals QPR for an undisclosed fee on a four-and-a-half-year contract. The 27-year-old ex-Ghana international joined North End from Gillingham in November 2004 in a deal worth £300,000 and was a popular figure at Deepdale despite injury curtailing the majority of his 2006/07 campaign. Preston chairman Derek Shaw admitted yesterday his club were powerless to prevent Agyemang moving back down to London.

• Austrian outfit Rapid Vienna are expected to sign 20-year-old Sherif Deen Mohammed, from Accra Hearts of Oak. The 1.90m striker, who had an unsuccesful trial with AGF Aarhus in Denmark will join Rapid this month as soon as visa formalities are cleared.

• Rapid Bukarest wants to loan Ibrahim Salou for 6 months. The Romanians want an answer by January 14th.

• Lawrence Aidoo (25) is on trials with SV Wehen Wiesbaden (2nd Bundesliga).

• Odartey Lamptey signs at CA Bordj Bou Arreridj (CABBA) in Algeria

• Emmanuel Atukwei Clottey and Alfred Arthur have already signed contracts with Austrian side, FC Wacker Innsbruck, and are expected in Austria next week baring visa problem.