Veteran Ghanaian broadcaster Osei Owusu Bempah has called on Asante Kotoko to overhaul its management structure, insisting the club cannot continue to rely on part-time leadership if it wants to compete at the highest level.

Speaking on the state of affairs of the Porcupine Warriors, the experienced journalist singled out the Head of Sporting Affairs, Kwesi Appiah for his deep understanding of football management but questioned his availability due to his current role as head coach of the Sudan national team.

In an interview with Luv FM, he expressed concern that Kwesi Appiah’s national team duties make it difficult for him to fully commit to Kotoko’s day-to-day operations.

“Well, if you take Kwesi out, I don't know of anybody who has his level of experience.

“That's true in terms of technical management and his exposure and understanding of the modern game. Unfortunately, Kwesi is an absentee manager. He's the coach, the full- time coach, of the Sudanese national team.

“It's not as if the Sudanese national team even resides in Khartoum or anywhere.

“They move around the whole continent, especially in the greater part of North African area. He doesn't have time for some of these things to be done,” he said.

According to him, a club of Kotoko’s stature cannot afford to depend on individuals who are not fully present and accountable.

“I think Kotoko cannot be a colts club that relies basically on part timers. Kotoko need full time employees. People talk about passion.

“Passion is not enough. The most important thing that helps anybody to be able to do their job very well is expertise before other things like passion and all those other things sacrifice and those things come in.

He urged the club to recruit qualified professionals, reward them appropriately and hold them accountable.

“We must have the people with the right expertise, employ them, give them benchmarks, reward them very well.

"If you are not able to satisfy your bottom line, you just let them go. So just as you have players who are full timers, I don't think the players do any other job apart from playing, you have coaches who are full time coaches. Why can't you have full time managers?” he added.