Ghana: Ex-Hearts' Board Chairman Explains Failure to Redeem Promise to Players ... After 2000 CAF Champions League Glory

Retired football administrator and former board chairman of Hearts of Oak, Mr Emmanuel Martey Commodore-Mensah, has disclosed that the cancellation of the 2001 FIFA Club World Championship played a key role in the club's failed promise to the squad that won the 2000 CAF Champions League.

Players of the club's '64 battalion' squad that delivered the trophy in 2000 have been bitter over the failure of the club to honour their $25,000-per-player promise made to them after winning the Champions League in that year.

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