Kumasi Asante Kotoko have parted ways with head coach Maxwell Konadu after 12 months in charge.
The club confirmed the decision via a statement on the club’s twitter handle.
Club Notice
Management of Asante Kotoko Sporting Club wishes to inform the general public that it has decided to part ways with Coach Maxwell Konadu as its Head Coach with immediate effect.
Coach Johnson Smith has been appointed to lead the team in the interim. pic.twitter.com/sPTeDpDc9r
— Asante Kotoko SC (@AsanteKotoko_SC) December 18, 2020
The statement also said assistant coach Johnson Smith would take over the first team duties on an interim basis.
Konadu, who won the league with Kotoko in 2012, was re-appointed in December 2019, for a new three year term.
The club has only managed one win in four games this season, but it is the performances, largely uninspiring, that has forced management to act.
They lost 1-0 at home to Great Olympics in an outstanding Ghana Premier League game on Thursday night, the nail in the coffin for the former Ghana Black Stars B head coach.
The Porcupine Warriors have a busy next 8 days in which they visit Dreams on 20th December, host Al Hilal in the CAF Champions League on December 23 and conclude with busy schedule with a trip to Medeama on December 27.