Ex-Kotoko star Eric Bekoe takes swipe at ungrateful current footballers over neglect

Former Asante Kotoko star Eric Bekoe has taken a swipe at some current footballers for neglecting him in his retirement.

Bekoe is currently the head coach of Division Two side Nsawkawman FC.

In an interview with Hot FM, the former Ghana Premier League goal king claimed he helped quite a number of then upcoming stars when he was in his prime.

But according to him, those players he offered support at the time have all neglected him after becoming professional footballers.

“Most of the current professional footballers are very ungrateful…Most of the players I helped during my heyday have neglected me after becoming professional players’,” Bekoe said on Accra-based Hot 93.9FM.

“For now, I will rather make a mechanic my friend than a current professional player because with the mechanic when I go to him and he gives me Waakye(food) to eat.

”I know he would give me again the next time I pays him another visit but a current professional footballer would rather screenshot your chats to others simply because you asked him for help – forgetting that you once helped him.”

Bekoe in 2008 scored 42 goals in all competitions for the Porcupine Warriors.

He also won the Ghana Premier League goal king with 17 goals in the 2007/08 season.