Hearts of Oak have announced the signings of three new players to the first team as they seek to challenge for the Premier League at the end of the current campaign in the second round.

The Phobians signed defender Kassenu Ghandi, striker Patrick Razak, and promoted midfielder Macou Badu to their current crop of players for the second round of the season which commences on June 26.

Kassenu was a member of the Ghana U-20 World Cup winning team in 2009 and signed a year-and-half deal with the club while forward Razak joined from Division One side Tamale Utrecht on a three-year deal.

Badu was promoted by Coach Kenichi Yatsuhashi after signing a three-year deal after impressing with the U-20 side.

The three players began training with the first team yesterday and are getting in shape for the second round.