Legend Dan Quaye of Hearts of Oak has cautioned the current group of players that they could face a curse if they lead the team to relegation.
The Phobians, who are presently ranked 12th in the Ghana Premier League, are having a challenging season.
Curses will befall Hearts players if they lead club to relegation
This season, the team has already had two management changes (Aboubakar Ouattara replaced Martin Koopman), although the outcomes have hardly altered.
Hearts are in danger of finishing the season without a trophy for the second straight year and have only won two of their past nine games.
The Phobians have also failed to score in both of their previous games; on Wednesday, they were defeated 1-0 by Accra Lions after falling 2-0 to Legon Cities.
This has left the club just four points away from the relegation zone, with 16th-placed Dreams FC also having four games in hand due to their participation in the CAF Confederations Cup.
Reacting to Hearts’ slump in form, Dan Quaye, who had two spells with the club and was part of the Phobians’ treble-winning side in 2000, called out the players for failing to fight for the badge.
The 43-year-old said the players may even face curses if they allow the club to be relegated, adding that they must take responsibility for the team’s current woes.
“It all depends on the players. Because Santos in Brazil have been in existence for many years, but they have now been relegated, so if these players continue with their sloppy attitude and watch Hearts of Oak go on relegation, then a curse will be upon them because Hearts never even placed 10th during our time,” Quaye told Akoma FM, as quoted by 3Sports.
“However, these boys have shattered every good record the club had, so they have to fix it. But if they decide to let us go on relegation, then we the Gas and Ashanti will rain curses on them. They have to be serious because where we find ourselves now is due to their performance.”
Quaye was capped 10 times by the Black Stars between 2001 and 2006.