Boakye, Acquah and Donsah praise agent Oliver Arthur for careers progress

Italy-based trio Richmond Boakye-Yiadom, Afriyie Acquah and Godfred Donsah are heaping praises on their agent Oliver Arthur after being named in Ghana’s squad to play Congo and Rwanda next month.

Striker Boakye whose career has since him play for Genoa, Sassuolo, Elche and Atalanta and also made Ghana’s squad at the 2013 Nations Cup but was sidelined by injury.

He said: “Oliver (Arthur) is a good man and you can see our he has managed to keep us at the top. He deserves the credit.”

Donsah, who recently signed for Serie A side Bologna, is the latest player managed by the Arthur Legacy management to earn a Black Stars call-up.

The 19-year-old midfielder was impressive at Hellas Verona before moving to Cagliari where he scored two goals in 21 appearances.

He told GHANASoccernet.com: “I feel very happy to play alongside my senior brothers and a big thank you to my agent Oliver Arthur for my career building.”

 

Acquah, who played at the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, singled out the influential agent.

The Torino told GHANASoccernet.com: “We are like brothers. We grew up in Sunyani and played for the same team and we are in Italy because of the vision of one man (Oliver Arthur). We call him agent and he made us achieve our dreams.”