{"id":463852,"date":"2011-07-19T09:19:20","date_gmt":"2011-07-19T09:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/19\/kotoko-sunderland-sign-deal\/"},"modified":"2011-07-19T09:19:20","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T09:19:20","slug":"kotoko-sunderland-sign-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/kotoko-sunderland-sign-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kotoko, Sunderland Sign Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"85\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyguideghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sarpong_quinn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20190\" title=\"sarpong_quinn\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailyguideghana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/sarpong_quinn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dr. KK Sarpong (Kotoko) and Niall Quinn (Sunderland)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana\u2019s Kumasi Asante Kotoko and Sunderland FC in England have signed a partnership agreement whereby they will combine their positions in Africa and Europe respectively to internationalise each other\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland have built their bridges in Ghana by boasting Ghanaian international players John Mensah, Sulley Muntari and Asamoah Gyan on team sheets.<\/p>\n<p>Kotoko Asante FC are to benefit from Sunderland FC\u2019s experience in football business strategy, according to the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Sunderland released a statement yesterday which details plans to \u201cshare coaching and business expertise with the Ghanaian club, offering practical support and advice in youth coaching, player development, fitness and medical matters and football business strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In turn, Sunderland hope to \u201cbuild and grow its brand\u201d with help on the ground from Kotoko, who they estimate have a following of 8 million people and are \u201cgiants\u201d in Ghana and West Africa.<\/p>\n<p>A Kotoko delegation, including Board Chairman Dr K.K. Sarpong, visited Sunderland\u2019s Stadium of Light in April in order to inspect facilities. The visit was said to include \u201cpositive discussions\u201d between each team\u2019s managements.<\/p>\n<p>Niall Quinn, Sunderland FC Chairman was grateful to the Kumasi club, known in Ghana as the Porcupine Warriors.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cIt was a huge honour to welcome the Kotoko officials to our club and I\u2019m delighted that we have now formalised a partnership agreement with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a tremendous passion for football in Ghana and I see a real synergy with Sunderland in that respect. Football means the world to the people of Ghana and in that respect they are no different to Sunderland fans. There\u2019s an infectious enthusiasm for the game that is wonderful to witness and we are honoured to be working with Kotoko and the Ghanaian people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>George Forster, Chairman of the Sunderland Supporters Association told <strong><em>DAILY GUIDE SPORTS<\/em><\/strong> he and his fans in England were \u201cdelighted\u201d that the link the club has to this country can build.<\/p>\n<p>When <strong><em>DAILY GUIDE SPORTS<\/em><\/strong> contacted the Kotoko Board Chairman K.K. Sarpong yesterday he refused to comment on the deal.<\/p>\n<p>He indicated that he was in a meeting and will give his impressions about the deal very soon. Other Kotoko officials \u00a0were unavailable for further official comment at time of going to press.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adam Coe<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailyguideghana.com\/?p=20189\" title=\"Kotoko, Sunderland Sign Deal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kotoko, Sunderland Sign Deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Dr. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-463852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kotoko, Sunderland Sign Deal - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/19\/kotoko-sunderland-sign-deal\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Kotoko, Sunderland Sign Deal - 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