Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Asante Kotoko, Nana Yaw Amponsah says that he turned down an attractive job offer from a club in the United Kingdom in order to take charge of the Asante Kotoko top job.

According to the Kotoko boss, he decided to do so due to the massive respect he has for the club.

The former Phar Rangers boss was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Asante Kotoko in August last year after series of meetings with the club's board with the blessings of the life patron of the team.

Before he took over the Kotoko hot seat there were reports linking Nana Yaw Amponsah with a job at Championship side Queens Park Rangers.

Speaking in an interview with Kumasi based Oyerepa FM, he revealed that he did indeed turned down an offer from as English club to work for them.

"There's a club in UK that wanted to employ me as director of Football. People should respect the institution Asante Kotoko. My salary was negotiated with the board."

Since assuming the Kotoko job he has embarked on an unprecedented sponsorship drive which = including the likes of Instats, Veo, Next Level Energy Drink, Hisense Ghana, Cedar Points Pharmaceuticals, StarLife Assurance, CEEK and Ticketlake.

Kotoko also have a partnership agreement with English Premier League side Southampton.