Former Ghana international Bernard Don Bortey has levelled a stinking bribery allegation against former Black Stars coach Emmanuel Kwasi Afranie.
The 31-year-old free agent made the damning revelations on Accra-based Happy FM on Tuesday morning.
Bortey was dropped from the Ghana squad for the 2001 FIFA U20 World Cup along with Charles Taylor, Ishmael Addo and Stephen Oduro, by then head coach Afranie.
And, he has sensationally claimed that the former Black Stars, Black Meteors, Black Satellites coach asked his agent to pay 500 pounds before he was included in the final for the tournament that Ghana won silver in Argentina after losing to the host in the final.
“I returned from abroad to hear that he has dropped Charles Taylor, Ishmael Addo and Stephen Oduro and I told him straight to his face that if he wants he should drop me that moment and not at the 11th hour,” he claimed on Happy FM.
“I had an agent and he told the agent to pay 500 pounds if he wants me in the final squad and I told the agent to give me the money to spend instead of giving to him,” he added.
Former Chelsea, Real Madrid and AC Milan star Michael Essien was included in the final squad along with ex Sunderland and Inter Milan and AC Milan star Sulley Muntari.
Source: ghanasportsonline.com
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Please tell him to keep quiet why is he disgrace my late father at time he is know more,Thank you ok,I live him to god
Why did you wait all these while for the man to pass on before coming out with this serious allegation, Dead men don’t talk, you would have done yourself more good, if had come out with this revelation when the late Coach was alive, But now he opportunity to defend himself, so how do we know if is true, it would have been better if Bortey didn’t say it at all
Don Bortey Okay I want to believe your allegation. But I have a question for you and that is: After you were drop from the under 20 by then, what did you do by your self to get to the echelon of world football like the likes of Essian,John Mensah,Derick Boateng's who were chosen by the late Afranie? Those players who were chosen by the late coach went on to vindicate the late coach judgement and decisions by then. they also went on to play for bigger clubs and took Ghana to the World cup in 2006 for the first time in the nation's history. Your achievement was to take Kotoko's money and run away.After promising to play for them. I believe it will be better for you to keep quite because the talking will not help you in anyway.
did i see 31 years? mmmmmm
Don Bortey will do himself a lot of good by apologizing to the family of our respected Coach Afranie by defaming him after his death. Why did you kept quiet when the Coach was alive and waited till he died before coming with these allegations. He better ***barred word***