{"id":417039,"date":"2011-05-04T10:02:20","date_gmt":"2011-05-04T10:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/04\/steve-bruce-counting-on-john-mensah-return\/"},"modified":"2011-05-04T10:02:20","modified_gmt":"2011-05-04T10:02:20","slug":"steve-bruce-counting-on-john-mensah-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/04\/steve-bruce-counting-on-john-mensah-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Bruce Counting On John Mensah Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"53\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-28462\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/steve-bruce-counting-on-john-mensah-return\/mensah-10\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28462\" title=\"John Mensah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Mensah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Mensah is battling to be fit<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is hoping to have Ghana international John Mensah back in action after his adductor tear, but will not take a risk unless the defender is 100 per cent fit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The centre-back has been on the sidelines since he was stretched off in the side\u2019s Premier League clash against West Brom at the Stadium of Light.<\/p>\n<p>The Black Cats are already without knee injury victims Fraizer Campbell and Titus Bramble while a host of other players are on the treatment table.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce told the club\u2019s official website: \u201cJohn trained for three days last week, but in the past I\u2019ve put him in and he\u2019s broken down again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll look to give him a full week\u2019s training this week and take it from there<\/p>\n<p>Mensah is expected to be handed a permanent deal at the club despite been unable to play 25 matches to trigger an extension.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/steve-bruce-counting-on-john-mensah-return\/\" title=\"Steve Bruce Counting On John Mensah Return\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steve Bruce Counting On John Mensah Return<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. 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