{"id":7887,"date":"2019-12-28T11:42:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T11:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=7887"},"modified":"2019-12-28T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T11:45:00","slug":"wa-all-stars-is-now-legon-city-football-club-as-new-owners-rebrand-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/wa-all-stars-is-now-legon-city-football-club-as-new-owners-rebrand-club","title":{"rendered":"Wa All Stars is now Legon City Football Club as new owners rebrand club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is no longer a Football Club with the name Wa All Stars in the Ghana Premier League as after the final acquisition process went through the new owners have decided to rename and rebrand the club to suit their own specifications.<\/p>\n<p>For the upcoming season and beyond, the Wa All Stars you knew in the past is now defunct with them now called Legon City Football Club.<\/p>\n<p>Wa All Stars was once upon a time the bona fide property of former GFA President Mr. Kwasi Ntantakyi but after being implicated in the number 12 video by Anas Aremeyaw Anas and a subsequent life ban from all football related activities, Nyantakyi was left with no choice than to sell the team he founded and owned for years.<\/p>\n<p>It is reported that the team exchanged hands for a mammoth $2.5 million with a consortium fronted by ex Black Stars defender John Paintsil as the new owners.<\/p>\n<p>Initial names that were being bandied around was Stallions FC but it appears that was wide off the mark with the settled and official name being Legon City Football Club.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7891\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2019\/12\/E46709CF-8F28-4915-B021-CFDA18E36BD5.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"805\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2019\/12\/E46709CF-8F28-4915-B021-CFDA18E36BD5.jpeg 805w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2019\/12\/E46709CF-8F28-4915-B021-CFDA18E36BD5-236x300.jpeg 236w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ghana\/sites\/18\/2019\/12\/E46709CF-8F28-4915-B021-CFDA18E36BD5-768x977.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no longer a Football Club with the name Wa All Stars in the Ghana Premier League as after the final acquisition process went through the new owners have decided to rename and rebrand the club to suit their own specifications. 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