The Porcupine Warriors departed striker believes his former manager’s comment about the club was out of order and must be condemned
Former Asante Kotoko striker Naby Keita has launched a scathing attack on former coach Mariano Baretto following his recent media war with the club.
Baretto, 64, criticized Kotoko’s poor administrative structure and system and revealed that the club lacks basic infrastructures including washrooms for players and office for coaches and other technical members.
However, Keita, who left the club last week following the expiration of his contract, insists such comments should not have been made public by the coach since it goes a long way to tarnish the hard won reputation of the club.
“If the coach said that Asante Kotoko is not having a toilet then why did he come to work at the club?” Keita quizzed in an interview with Ghanasportspage.
“He should know that he is disgracing the club and himself. He shouldn’t have come out to say this because he knew that Kotoko didn’t win the league and he came out with this. It is not necessary.
Keita argued that Baretto was using this tactics to cover up his failure to win a trophy for Kotoko.
“CK Akonnor was there, he was here, we were not having a toilet but we won the Special Competition and entered the group stages of the CAF Confederations without a toilet at the training ground. So what’s he talking about? He should stop being a coach,” he said.
“He talks and I listen to what he says but about Kotoko’s toilet issues are rubbish.
“All of them were rubbish,” he added.
Keita, who joined Kotoko in 2018, fell down the pecking order under Baretto season and the Guinean international made a handful of appearances for Kotoko as a result.