Hearts of Oak board member Frank Nelson Nwokolo has come out to discuss issues the struggles the club is facing extending the contracts of their players.

Hearts of Oak trio captain Thomas Abbey, Kwame Kizito and Fatau Maohammed are on the verge of their contracts running out.

Ace defender Vincent Atinga is has been given a “floating” status by Ghana Football Association (GFA) Player Status Committee which currently makes him a free agent.

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The Board member Frank Nelson Nwokolo spoke on the issue during the live programme Football Legends Night Show on GHOne TV  and he made the assertion that the players find it hard in understanding what goes into signing contracts.

“Every time we travel we carry the contracts around and we tell them to sign their contracts which they have verbally agreed.

“At the end of the day they refused to sign because they say they want their managers to come to check the English and laws in the contracts and in the long run these said managers do not show up.”

Mr Nelson also explained how the contracts got to this point without being signed.

“We started speaking to them before the just ended season begun on different occasions and different packages with similar response.”

Mr Nelson Nwokolo also gave the wages offered being a contributory factor to the players declining to sign

“We have to look at the economic system and what clubs pay in this country”

Accra Hearts of Oak placed 3rd in the just ended Ghana Premier League and contributed 5 key players in the Black Stars B side who won the 2017 WAFU tournament held in Ghana.