Acting Hearts of Oak coach Edward Nii Odoom has been offered the backing of the club to steer them to glory once again after a troubled start to the season, footballmadeinghana.com has learned.

The ‘Phobians’ have lost back to back league games and in between these defeats was a dismissal of then-head coach Kim Grant. In his place, Edward Nii Odoom was promoted from the club’s junior ranks to act as head coach in a stop-gap capacity.

Reports footballmadeinghana.com has gathered indicate that the gaffer has been given an extended spell and also the backing of management to help steer the club back to glory days.

Speaking in a radio interview with Accra based Asempa FM, the club’s prime communicator, Opare Addo has confirmed such a development.

He said, “Coach Odoom is not new to the GPL or football in Ghana, so if you appoint him to be an assistant you need to give him time to get the job done”.

Opare Addo continued “We need not rush to appoint a new coach. We will give him (Odoom) all the support and if there’s any technical support we need to give him we shall do that”.

Opare Addo concluded that they shall monitor results subsequently and assess how Edward Nii Odoom fares. He, however, expressed optimism that Hearts of Oak will take a positive turn soon.

Hearts of Oak’s next game is against another struggling side, Ebusua Dwarfs and victory in this encounter will surely be the impetus to get their season back on track.