Eric Opoku shared tears after receiving the most prestigious accolade in the 2014-15 PLB/GFA First Capital Plus Premier League awards gala at La Palm Beach Hotel on Friday.

The outstanding performance of the former King Faisal and Berekum Chelsea player aided him to beat off competition from goalie Richard Ofori of Wa All Stars and Kofi Owusu of Berekum Chelsea, the eventual goal king of the season, to win the Ghana Premier League best player of the 2014-15 season.

However, Opoku’s joys turned into tears on the day he attained the highest point in his football career and when quizzed why he was sharing tears after receiving the award he said.

“The award reminds me of not being called into the national team, so I will assess myself and make sure I do more to ensure things I wasn’t able to do last season I do.”

Eric played a key role to help Ashgold win their first league title in 19 years and the Miners on the day of the awards swept away 5 awards and even dominated the team of the season.