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Former Hearts of Oak forward Sadat Karim has narrated how superstition forced him out of the Ghana Premier League.
Karim started his career at King Faisal from 2007-2008 before joining Real Tamale United from 2008-2010.
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Speaking to Saddick Adams [Obama] in an interview on YAC Media narrated how superstition in the Ghana Premier League forced to leave for abroad.
“I think most the clubs I played in, the superstitious acts were too much so I said it was too difficult to continue to stay in this.
“I remember one club, when we were travelling for a match, the Team Manager intentionally left the jersey of one key player behind so that the playing couldn’t play the game. When the coach asked why they didn’t bring the jersey, they said they had forgotten. Meanwhile the CEO had already come to tell us that the said player doesn’t have luck so they don’t want him to play. I cringed.
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“Also at RTU, they’ll make us bath this concoction and spiritual water before games. Most times I wanted to refuse but it you do, they’ll accuse you of making them fail. In one such instance, after I bathed the spiritual water, I entered the shower and washed myself again. We lost the game and they accused of of foiling the spirit because I had taken a shower. How can you say this.
“There was a game against King Faisal, the team officials came to inform us there are only three goals in the game so we should take note. After the first half score was 1-1. In the second half I think around 60th minute we scored to make 2-1 so means all the three goals had come. From there, the players became lax and complacent. But in the end, we lost 4-2.
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“I think the superstition enters the heads of some of the players too much”..
Sadat Karim currently play for Swedish side Halmstads BK, capping 35 matches with over 12 goals since joining them in 2019.
