Al Ahly set to beat Esperance de Tunis for Hearts of Oak forward Afriyie Barnieh after Egyptian side open talks |

Al Ahly are set to beat their North African rivals Esperance de Tunis for the signature of Hearts of Oak forward Afriyie Barnieh. Esperance has been linked with the attacker since the start of last season failing to capture the Ghanaian International last January.

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Barnieh has had a tremendous transition helping Ghana U20 to win African Youth Championship in Mauritania, assisting the Black Galaxies to qualify for 2023 African Nations Championship and being one of the two local players to feature for the Black Stars at the Qatar World Cup.

Since the period, Barnieh has seen several clubs knocking the door for his signature including Esperance who could have had the striker playing for them when he appeared in the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

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Al Ahly have entered the race for Barnieh and are close to beating Esperance de Tunis to the Hearts of Oak attacker.

Ghanaian portal Kickgh reports that the Egyptian Premier League side have begun negotiations with Hearts of Oak for the service of their marksman Daniel Afriyie Barnieh who has is still reluctant on extending his contract.

Barnieh contract at Hearts of Oak ends at the end of this month. The ‘Phobians’ have tried all means to maintain the enterprising forward but looks like the player has already made up his mind and is willing for a new challenge elsewhere.

Barnieh has been with Hearts of Oak for almost three years now and has won them five trophies including the prestigious GPL which had eluded them for over a decade.

Speculations earlier are that, clubs from Tunisia, Sweden, Norway and Saudi Arabia have all shown strong interest, having monitored him for quiet a long time now.

However, Egyptian giants Al Ahly are the latest to join the race as they look to establish a formidable side to compete for both the league and CAF Champions League in tbe ongoing season.

Just recently, he played a vital role in helping the Black Galaxies qualify for the CHAN after a long drought and replicated the same performance with the Black Meteors in the U-23 Championship qualifiers.