Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu has hinted out that Karela United will no longer play their home matches in the 2023/2024 Betpawa premiere league in Anyinase at the Crosby Awuah Memorial Park.
Haruna Iddrisu became the bank roller of Karela United in December 2022 in a deal worth $300,000 which is equivalent to GHS 3.1 million.
In an interview, the politician who is now into football stated that, he is moving the team away from their usual venue because of the bad state of the Crosby Awuah Memorial Park which was not accepted by the Club Licensing Board after an inspection.
Hence Karela United will be playing their home games in the coming season in Tamale.
This is what the member of Parliament said when quizzed about the issue
“It is not my wish to have taken the team away from Anyinase from the people of Nzema, but regrettably the GFA have disqualified the Anyinase football pitch, as not being desirable or meeting their minimum standard. So, we have to look elsewhere and we will look elsewhere and satisfy the licensing requirement.”
Haruna Iddrisu made this revelation when he paid a visit to the training grounds of Karela United at the Northern Command in Tamale on Monday, August 28, 2023.
The 2023/2024 Betpawa premiere league will kick start in early September as Karela United will face Legion cities.
