There is good news for Kumasi Asante Kotoko as reports in the local media reveals the club have now reached an agreement with defensive stalwart Ismael Abdul Ganiyu.

According to reports, the player has signed a new one year contract with Kumasi Asante Kotoko ending any speculation of the player leaving.

His contract expired just at the end of the 2020/2021 season with talks over a new deal stalling between the two parties.

Abdul Ganiyu had been linked with moves to Accra Hearts of Oak and several other foreign clubs but the player and his agents have always maintained that they will always give Asante Kotoko the first refusal.

He was an integral player for Kumasi Asante Kotoko in the 2020/2021 season as he helped the club in their failed league title run as they came second to Hearts of Oak.

Abdul Ganiyu scored five goals as a center back and earned a debut call up to the Black Stars against South Africa in Johannesburg in the 2021 AFCON qualifiers.

Kotoko and the representatives of the player have been in touch in the last few days and an agreement seemed to have been raeched with the player reportedly signing a one year contract.

The reds have already signed Richmond Lamptey from Inter Allies and defender Maxwell Agyemang from Wamanafo Mighty Royals.