{"id":399825,"date":"2017-07-11T13:31:22","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/11\/john-mensah-targets-black-stars-return-before-retirement\/"},"modified":"2017-07-11T13:31:22","modified_gmt":"2017-07-11T13:31:22","slug":"john-mensah-targets-black-stars-return-before-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/11\/john-mensah-targets-black-stars-return-before-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"John Mensah targets Black Stars return before retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 11 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Myjoyonline.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-11<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/79687174.295.jpg\" alt=\"John Mensah2\" title=\"John Mensah2\" width=\"295\" height=\"388\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>John Mensah<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499779882_946_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former Black Stars defender John  Mensah says  he is still active and is not thinking of retiring from professional football.<\/p>\n<p>Mensah has been out of action for some time now due to an injury.<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year old who until his injury was playing for Swedish second tier club Athletic FC united insists he is not done<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got injured while in Sweden, I couldn&#8217;t play league matches for my team but i was always training with them,&#8221; he told Joy Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Injury has kept me out but very soon I will come back and start playing games for my team.<\/p>\n<p>Mensah who played the Black Stars for over a decade wants a return to the national team.<\/p>\n<p>He feels he can make a return to coach Kwasi  Appiah&#8217;s team if he starts playing active football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know if I start playing active football I will be called back into the team because the only way to get in there is to play active football.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I still have what it takes to play in the national team, i just have to start playing active football and I will be back to compete in the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 56 updated by: 56 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Tuesday, 11 July 2017 Source: Myjoyonline.com 2017-07-11 John Mensah &#13; Former Black Stars defender John Mensah says he is still active and is not thinking of retiring from professional football. 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