AshantiGold Sporting Club has contacted beleaguered Kumasi Asante Kotoko coach, David Duncan as a potential replacement for Bashir Hayford.

The Miners have not had the best of starts to the 2015-16 Ghana Premier League (GPL) season, and pressure is mounting on administrators of the club to replace Bashir Hayford.

David Duncan, who led AshantiGold between 2009 and 2011, is considered a difficult character within the management of the club, but they are certain he is the best man to lead the club should they part company with Hayford.

The Kotoko boss was asked to step aside until further notice by his current employers, and it is believed he will not head the technical bench of the Porcupine Warriors again now that stopgap coach Michael Osei has led the team to five wins in six games with.