{"id":290120,"date":"2011-03-05T06:53:08","date_gmt":"2011-03-05T06:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/05\/england-dragged-ghana-friendly-talks-for-14-months\/"},"modified":"2011-03-05T06:53:08","modified_gmt":"2011-03-05T06:53:08","slug":"england-dragged-ghana-friendly-talks-for-14-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/05\/england-dragged-ghana-friendly-talks-for-14-months\/","title":{"rendered":"England Dragged Ghana Friendly Talks For 14 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"64\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Saddick Adams<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ghanaworldcupline-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24529\" title=\"Ghana World Cup team\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a8d8575cup-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ghana World Cup team<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>UK-based football agent Ambrose Mendy claims it took him 14 months to persuade the England FA to agree to play Ghana in a friendly. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mendy, a former scout for Manchester United, has been on the deal since 2009 but the FA had little trust in African national teams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Three Lions have played with just two African countries since 2005 and it wasn\u2019t so easy convincing them to play Ghana,\u201d Mendy told GBC Radio in Sunyani.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no denying the fact that there is high reputation for Ghanaians in UK and especially the likes of Michael Essien, John Mensah, Sulley Muntari and just recently Gyan but still the FA didn\u2019t want to enter any negotiations. I think these players were a factor that the FA took into consideration\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Mendy also heaped praised on Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi for his support and patience during the contract talks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNyantakyi has been very helpful and I must thank him very much because of his optimism during the contract talks. He\u2019s somebody who knows football very much and people here respect him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>England play Ghana, World Cup quarter-finalists, on 29 March at the new Wembley and already the 20,000 tickets allocated have been taken up by fans of the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a8d8575cup-300x162-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/03\/england-dragged-ghana-friendly-talks-for-14-months\/\" title=\"England Dragged Ghana Friendly Talks For 14 Months\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">England Dragged Ghana Friendly Talks For 14 Months<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. 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