Thierry Etouga, the BetPawa Premier League champions Kumasi Asante Kotoko’s highest goal scorer, will join Egyptian team Al-Masry SC, a fourth-ranked football club in Egypt according to national club rankings.
Etouga stayed away from the squad at the end of the previous season after scoring 21 goals for Kumasi Asante Kotoko and eventually playing a role in their triumph at the end of the season, becoming the second top goal scorer behind Yaw Annor of Ashante Gold.
He did not attend preseason training in Dubai, and the new head coach, Seydou Zerbo, issued an explanation for his absence from the team during a press conference at Baba Yara Sports Stadium on Friday, September 16, 2022.
When quizzed about how the team’s top scorer is away in the CAF Champions League and a new season, he explained, “Asante Kotoko is a big club and when Mbella isn’t around, that doesn’t mean the club won’t be there. I heard he is an important player, but I didn’t work with him. I believe those who won in Benin can equally step up for the club. “
The January 2022 Ghana Premier League Player of the Month is moving to his third club in his career, he started at Blaise Nkufo Academy, moved to Fortuna de Mfou in 2020, and on October 12, 2021, signed for Asante Kotoko on a three-year deal.
The Ghana Football Association will remember him as the only foreigner who scored more than 20 goals in his first appearance in the competition and got away with two separate hat-tricks.
Etouga scored three goals in the second half of his first Ashante derby on January 9, 2022, at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium to earn his first hat-trick in the Ghana Premier League. On February 12, 2022, against Accra Lions at the same location, he scored his second hat-trick.
According to a report gathered by the amazing editors at www.atspo.com, Mbella has been spotted by a sports journalist in Cameroon, Bambe Wanneh Giovanni of CRTV Sports.
Bambe Wanneh Giovanni, a country journalist for Mbella, updated his official Twitter handle @BambeWanneh with the caption, “Mbella Etouga spotted at the Cairo International Airport at 2 am today. He is set to complete his deal from @AsanteKotoko_SC to #AlMasry for a reported $400 thousand plus 30 percent in case of future sales. The player will earn $25,000 a month in the 4-year deal.”
