Former Hearts of Oak coach Ernest Middendorp has disclosed that talks were held with Ghanaian attacker Kwame Peprah before his move to Orlando Pirates.
The Maritzburg United manager had wanted to sign the former King Faisal player before the start of the Premier Soccer League last season, but the move fell through.
Orlando Pirates ended up signing the attacker, who has bagged seven goals in 32 appearances for the Bucs.
“For example, we had discussions with [Kwame] Peprah in Ghana, as I have good relationships with teams on that side, we had so many back-to-back discussions with his representative, but unfortunately we couldn’t go forward,” Middendorp said, as per Soccer Laduma.
“We had players that we had discussions with towards the end of last season, we wanted to keep some players, but they had already made up their minds,” he explained.
“Understandably so, it happens and even now we have started preparations for next season, discussing with certain players and we will see.”
