Kumasi Asante Kotoko, the BetPawa Premier League champion, and Accra Hearts of Oak, the MTN FA Cup champion, both signed two foreign-based strikers at the start of the 2022–2023 season.
Steve Mukwala, a forward from Uganda who played for Maroons FC in the Uganda Premier League and had 13 goals in 21 appearances, was procured by Kumasi Asante Kotoko.
Kumasi Asante Kotoko officially announced the signing of the former Uganda Premier League top scorer in early August 2022. The highly regarded striker, 23, committed to a two-year deal with Kotoko, with an option for an additional year.
Junior Kaaba, a 23-year-old Cameroonian forward from Fauvre FC in Cameroon, joined Accra Hearts of Oak on a two-year deal; he ended the 2021–22 season with 11 goals and provided five assists in the Cameroon League.
Junior Kaaba, affectionately identified as “the bull of Mbam,” was a target for Al Hilal Omdurman in the Sudanese League, but the Ghanaian giants, Hearts of Oak, won the race to land him in Accra.
The ardent and persistent team of editors at www.atspo.com wondered which of the two teams, Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Accra Hearts of Oak, had settled on the best foreign forward at the start of the Ghana Premier League season after nine league matches.
Asante Kotoko’s Steve Mukwala has played in all nine league games for Kumasi Asante Kotoko, scoring three goals, providing three assists for goals, and winning the Most Valuable Player award in two league games.
Since Bright Adjei of Aduana Stars and Mezack Afriyie of Berekum Chelsea both scored five goals in the BetPawa Premier League, Steve Mukwala needs two goals to compete for the top scorer award.
Junior Kaaba has appeared in six league games for Accra Hearts of Oak, the MTN FA Cup champions. His most recent three Premier League matches were against Dreams FC, Accra Lions, and Karela United.
Junior Kaaba was left out of the team that conquered Nsoatreman at Nana Koromansa II Park in Nsoatre last Monday afternoon, and it has been reported that he joins Mohammed Alhassan and Fatawu Mohammed as players who are not needed in the plans of Serbian coach Slavko Matic at Hearts of Oak.
