Berekum
Chelsea might be enjoying at the summit of the Glo Premiership
log sheet but hard working midfielder, Daniel Nii Adjei, says
Kotoko will continue to pursue them till the curtains on the
competition is brought down.
“I must admit that Chelsea are favourites
for the Premiership title but we will keep fighting hard because
anything can happen in the remaining eight games”.
Berekum Chelsea are currently on top of the
league table with 47 points followed by Medeama FC and Kotoko
with 35 and 34 points respectively.
Daniel Nii Adjei joined Kotoko from Norchip
FC in the 2007 football season and has been very influential in
the team throughout his four years stint with the fabulous club.
He helped Kotoko to chalk many successes in
the 2007/08 football season including the Baba Yara@50 Cup, the
SWAG Cup, the President Cup as well as the ultimate Onetouch
Premiership trophy.
Quite apart
from that, he also helped Kotoko to make a great impact in the
2007/08 CAF Confederation Cup where Kotoko got to the group
stage.
Though Nii
Adjei describes his stay with Kotoko successful, he is however
determined to help the club go high places before he probably
leaves the shores of the country one day to pursue his football
career in Europe.
“First of all let me express my heartfelt
gratitude to Coach Telat Uzum because he brought me to Kotoko. I
was a lower division player by then but he reposed some
confidence in me and that has brought me this far”
“My stint with the club so far has done me a
lot of good despite the challenges I have encountered in some
occasions. Apart from the fame I have achieved as a player, I
have also managed to win some trophies with the club. I was
integral part of the team that won the 2007/08 Onetouch
Premiership. This is a big honour to me but I’m still expecting
more success in the days ahead”
“For now my topmost priority is African Cup.
I want to help Kotoko win a trophy on the continent before I
probably bid farewell to the club one day so that my name will
also be written in golden letters like Osei Kofi, Ibrahim
Sunday, Malik Jabir, Opoku Nti, Ebo Mends, Joe Carr and others
who won the 1971 and 1983 African Club Championship for Kotoko”
he noted.
He lauded
Kotoko’s performance in the second round and urged his
colleagues to keep the spirit among them in order to end the
competition in grand style.
Commenting on the remaining eight games
against King Faisal, R.T.U, Berekum Arsenal, Heart of Lions,
Ashgold, Mighty Jets, Liberty and Medeama SC,
the enterprising midfielder said they have attached much
importance to these games. He added that there would be no
favour or mercy for any of the teams regardless of their
position on the log.
“We really mean business at this stage. King
Faisal for instance initiated our problems in the first round
after defeating us in the 8th week fixture and we
will also deal with them drastically without any favour”.
Asked how
he felt after leading the Porcupine Warriors to that historic
victory over their bitterest rivals, Accra Hearts of Oak at the
Ohene Djan Stadium where he crowned his effort with a
spectacular goal which sealed the deal for Kotoko, Nii Adjei
revealed that it was one of the happiest days in his life.
“It was one particular game I would forever
remember not because of the victory per sey but because of the
wonderful display of soccer we exhibited on the day” he noted
urging their opponents should give credit to Kotoko and stop
finding excuses for themselves.
Having
scored six goals in the 2008/09 football season and seven goals
to emerge as Kotoko top scorer last season together with Edward
Affum, Nii Adjei is hoping to score more this season.
He has so
far scored five goals in the league and believes the subsequent
matches will offer him the opportunity to add more to his
credit.
In his response to how he sees Kotoko
chances in the ongoing MTN FA Cup after eliminating Danbort FC
and Deportivo FC, Nii Adjei says they will do everything
possible to win the trophy to serve as consolation for their
management and supporters.
“Our
management and supporters have done a great job this season so
we have to win this particular trophy to show appreciation to
their effort” he said.
While he commended Coach Goran Stevanovic
and his Black Stars team for their sterling performance in the
CAN 2012 qualifier and International friendly against Congo and
England, he also declared his preparedness to fight for a place
in the team.
