What has been said imminently on Sulley Muntari move to GPL side Hearts of Oak amid chances of failure
Sulley Muntari has been tipped to fail at Hearts of Oak after completing a year move to the Ghana Premier League reigning champions.
Hearts of Oak have completed the signing of former Black Stars midfielder Sulley Muntari after announcing the deal on Tuesday afternoon. With the January transfer window still opened in Ghana, clubs have already started making good use of the window.
Ghana Premier League champions Hearts of Oak have been linked with a number of local and foreign players. Sulley Muntari was one of them heavily talked in the Ghanaian media with a move to Hearts of Oak likely since last week.
The former AC Milan and Inter Milan had been training with Hearts for some time now, increasing speculations that he could joined Hearts. Hearts engaged Muntari to convert his training sessions into a professional contract.
Talks reached height and Muntari signed a year deal with Hearts Monday, 31st January where a source told Futball Surgery that the deal would be announced on Tuesday.
On Tuesday afternoon, Hearts announced the Muntari deal on their twitter handle saying Sulley Muntari is a full Phobian.
Despite coming as a good news for Hearts fans who believe Muntari could fir them into many glories, Ghanaian football administrator Alhaji Karim Grunsah says the new signing will not make a big impact at the club.
“He should come and play for us to see”, Alhaji Grunsah said on Happy FM.
“As to whether if he can play for them to win the league or not we shall see. How many years now has he been playing competitively? To me he cannot really make a big impact” he added.
Muntari last played for a competitive side since the summer of 2019 after leaving Spanish side Albacete.
Muntari’s abilities first came to light in youth tournaments, while he was playing for Liberty Professionals youth team. He became a regular member of Ghana under-20 team at the age of 16 as they finished runners-up at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship in Argentina, losing out to the hosts in the final.
He joined Udinese in 2001, where his first season was spent in the reserves. He made his first-team debut on 6 November 2002, against Milan.
In his second full season, he made 23 appearances, and increased his standing to 33 appearances the following season, although indiscipline saw him sent off three times in 16 matches in the 2006–07 season.
On 2 March 2007, it was reported in the Italian press that Inter Milan were preparing a summer offer for the Ghanaian International and finally succeeded in luring him.
Muntari won the UEFA Champions League with Inter in 2010 under Jose Mourinho and played big part in Ghana’s 2006, 2010 and 2014 FIFA World Cup campaigns.
