Richmond Boakye will make his Champions League bow with Red Star Belgrade against Napoli on Tuesday, and the Ghana forward is determined to make the most of the opportunity ahead of him.
The 25-year-old rejoined Red Star Belgrade on a two-year l…
Ghana striker Richmond Boakye has rejoined Red Star Belgrade on a two-year loan deal from Jiangsu Suning, the Serbian heavyweights have confirmed.
The Black Stars hitman completed the transfer on Friday, only seven months after moving to the Chi…
Ghana’s Richmond Boakye has told KweséESPN that the opportunity to work with one of the world’s top coaches in Fabio Capello was a big factor in his decision to join Jiangsu Suning.
The 25-year-old was linked with a move to the Premier League earlier this year, but left Red Star Belgrade and ultimately signed a three-year deal with the Chinese Super League on Thursday.
“China offered a life-changing opportunity which I took,” the Ghana international told KweséESPN. “It’s that simple.”
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Jiangsu Suning have completed the signing of Ghana international Richmond Boakye from Red Star Belgrade.
Pulse Ghana confirmed the move on Tuesday, with the 25-year-old joining Fabio Capello’s side on a three-year deal, according to The Sun.
Ahead of the January transfer window, the powerful hitman was linked with a move to the Premier League, with Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion and Chelsea all understood to be keen on his services.
Indeed, Boakye had been signed by Blues boss Antonio Conte…
Richmond Boakye has impressed for Red Star this season.
Newcastle United and West Bromwich Albion are considering moving for Red Star Belgrade striker Richmond Boakye, sources close to the player have told ESPN FC.
Both Newcastle and West Brom a…
We review the weekend’s footballing action across the world, and pick out our quintet of key African performers.
Victor Moses returned to the starting XI for Chelsea as they hosted Newcastle United this weekend, reminding Blues fans exactly what they’d been missing with an outstanding performance down the right flank.
The scores were tied at 1-1 when Moses made the first of two decisive contributions, playing in Alvaro Morata for the Spanish forward to give the hosts the lead in the 33rd minute.
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At 24, Richmond Boakye is finally demonstrating that he can be one of the Black Stars’ footballing superstars, and not the latest in the long line of unfulfilled Ghanaian talents.
The powerful frontman is scoring for fun at Red Star Belgrade, and has firmly emerged as the leading contender to be Asamoah Gyan’s long-term successor with the national side.
Boakye scored twice – including an 85th-minute penalty equaliser – for Red Star on Saturday as they drew 2-2 at Backa Palanka, and currently sits…
Egypt, Tunisia and Nigeria all took giant steps towards next year’s World Cup with big results during this week’s African World Cup qualifiers, while Ghana revived their faint hopes of reaching Russia by smashing Congo-Brazzaville 5-1.
Meanwhile, continental giants Cameroon and Algeria were eliminated from the running, while the likes of Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda and Ivory Coast may all be left to rue results that went against them.
Here, we profile the five players who impressed the…
KweséESPN profile a quintet of African stars who are set to contest Thursday night’s Europa League qualifiers.
Ademola Lookman: Coming off the back of an impressive summer in which he was part of the England team that won the U-20 World Cup in South Korea, the Anglo-Nigerian forward will be looking to build the progress he’s made over the last 12 months – starting with Everton’s qualifier against MFK Ruzomberok at Goodison Park.
The Toffees are in the midst of an ambitious transfer window,…