{"id":419755,"date":"2011-05-08T19:59:13","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T19:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/08\/defender-john-mensah-rubbishes-sunderland-deal-report\/"},"modified":"2011-05-08T19:59:13","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T19:59:13","slug":"defender-john-mensah-rubbishes-sunderland-deal-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/08\/defender-john-mensah-rubbishes-sunderland-deal-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Defender John Mensah Rubbishes Sunderland Deal Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"73\">Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-28739\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/defender-john-mensah-rubbishes-sunderland-deal-report\/7863013-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-28739\" title=\"Defedner John Mensah rubbishes Sunderland deal report\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/John-Mensah-Sunderland-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sunderland\u2019s John Mensah has rubbished reports in the English media that a bargain deal has been reached for him to stay at the Black Cats permanently.\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunderland\u2019s John Mensah says no deal has been reached with the Black Cats<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Sunderland\u2019s John Mensah has rubbished reports in the English media that a bargain deal has been reached for him to stay at the Black Cats permanently.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His agent Fabien Pivateau also insisted that no deal has been reached hinting that Mensah is likely to stay at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p>Tabloid newspaper News of World reported on Sunday that a \u00a31m bargain deal has been reached with the Ghana captain on loan from Lyon.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana defender has been on loan with the Black Cats for two years with the paper claiming that a cut-price deal has been agreed.<\/p>\n<p>But Mensah insists negotiations have not been held about his future with Sunderland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was surprised when I saw it on the net. As far as I am concerned, there haven\u2019t been any negotiations regarding my purse,\u201d Mensah said on his official website.<\/p>\n<p>The intelligent player\u2019s frequent injuries notwithstanding, indications are that manager Steve Bruce has plans of retaining the Ghanaian defender.<\/p>\n<p>Playing 25 matches for Sunderland would have triggered an automatic deal with the Black Cats.<\/p>\n<p>But Mensah\u2019s agent insists even though Mensah has 17 matches for the club this term he is likely to be given a deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven through Mensah has not played the 25 games to secure him a permanent deal, all that I known is that he is Bruce favourite and the manager likes his style,\u201d Pivateau said on to Johntherock5.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a probability that Mensah will stay at Sunderland as Sunderland are ready to hold talks with me and Lyon after the end of the session.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mensah returned to full time action on Saturday when they defeated Bolton 2-1.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See the original article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/05\/defender-john-mensah-rubbishes-sunderland-deal-report\/\" title=\"Defender John Mensah Rubbishes Sunderland Deal Report\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Defender John Mensah Rubbishes Sunderland Deal Report<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. 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