Ghana Premier League side Asante Kotoko have held preliminary talks with Australian giants South Melbourne FC hoping for a partnership agreement.

According to the Asante Kotoko Express newspaper, management member Ben Nti discussed issues with South Melbourne President Leo Athanasakis at the IFFHS Gala Nite where the Kotoko were awarded Africa’s Club of the Century.

Details of the discussions are undisclosed but the Kumasi-based side are positive of striking a deal with Oceania’s Club of the Century.

South Melbourne FC won the 1999 Oceania Confederation Club Championship and were finalists at the 2000 World Club Championships in Rio de Janeiro.

The club have won the Australian League on four occasions.