By Patrick Akoto
Struggling Hearts have received backing to survive from an unlikely source after the general manager of their arch-rivals Asante Kotoko, Samuel Opoku Nti tipped the side to avoid the drop.
Hearts recorded a vital 1-0 win at Liberty Professionals on Wednesday but remain in the relegation trap net following Great Olympics victory over Berekum Chelsea.
The Phobians are facing a real threat of being demoted to the countryââ¬â¢s second-tier after a rather poor campaign this term.
But Kotoko chief Samuel Opoku Nti has backed their sworn-rivals to skip relegation with only four games to spare.
You must understand this... Hearts of Oak and Asante Kotoko can never be relegated,â⬠Nti told Accra-based Atinka FM.
ââ¬ÅI believe that Hearts will bounce back and they surely will do because football is full of uncertainties and especially with big clubs like Hearts, you know they'll sail through.
ââ¬ÅThere is no way Hearts will be relegated and if they do, then maybe it is a destiny.ââ¬
Hearts host Bechem United in the capital in their next encounter on Sunday with nothing short of victory crucial to their survival push.