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How Referees’ Demand For Bribe Forced Me To Sell My Club - Ex-Ghana International


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How Referees’ Demand For Bribe Forced Me To Sell My Club - Ex-Ghana International By Our Reporter Former Ghana international, Tony Yeboah, says the constant demand of bribe from match officials forced him to sell his club, Yegoala FC. The former Leeds United after hanging his boots formed Yegoala FC as his way of giving back to society after enjoying an illustrious football career in Europe. To the surprise of many, Tony Yeboah after just 5 years of forming the club decided to sell the football team to an interested person. According to Yeboah, his decision to sell the club was necessary to avoid being turned into a corrupt person due to practices he witnessed. “I live a peaceful life since I withdrew from doing football in Ghana. It was a good decision I took,” he told Asempa FM on the Ultimate Sports Show. “If I didn’t stop doing football in Ghana, I would have been forced to be corrupt because almost all the clubs were paying bribes to referees and so nobody was ready to listen to my cry. “The reason why I stopped doing football in Ghana was because the officiating officials were maltreating my team because I was not ready to pay bribe,” he added.
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Niyi Busari

Award winning journalist, Niyi Busari, the Publisher and CEO of BSN Sports Concepts is one of the most celebrated Nigerian sports journalist of his generation. A"cross-over" professional, he combines the talents and abilities of a print and electronic journalist in a manner that is rare, even though his specialization is print. A graduate of Economics from the University of Abuja where he obtained his Bachelor Degree in 2015.

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