Professional League Board chairman, Ashford Tettey-Oku, CEO of AshantiGold FC, Kudjoe Fianoo, and a number of fans from rival team, Accra Hearts of Oak, thronged the venue to mourn with the team.

Asare, popularly referred to as Coach by his neighbours at Esreso, a suburb of Kumasi, died at Nkawkaw three weeks ago when the team bus of Kotoko was involved in an accident on its way from Accra after honouring a midweek Premier League game against Inter Allies at the El Wak Stadium. A number of players, as well as the team’s coach, Steve Polack, sustained various degrees of injury in the accident.

Asare, 44, a man of many parts was a former driver, dealer in spare parts, mechanic at Suame Magazine, a distributor of Ashfoam products, before settling for the Kotoko job.

Ghana Football Association president, Kwesi Nyantakyi, sent a message of condolence read at the pre-burial service after which the body was sent to Jacobu in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region for an interment.

The deceased left behind a wife, Portia Obeng Asare (Afia Akoto) and seven children.