{"id":407714,"date":"2017-08-01T09:23:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T09:23:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/01\/sammy-kuffour-insists-ghanas-wafu-show-will-define-level-of-gpl\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T09:23:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T09:23:03","slug":"sammy-kuffour-insists-ghanas-wafu-show-will-define-level-of-gpl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/01\/sammy-kuffour-insists-ghanas-wafu-show-will-define-level-of-gpl\/","title":{"rendered":"Sammy Kuffour insists Ghana\u2019s WAFU show will define level of GPL"},"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,  1 August 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-08-01<\/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\/55489868.295.jpg\" alt=\"Sammy Kuffour Footballer\" title=\"Sammy Kuffour Footballer\" width=\"295\" height=\"193\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Sammy Kuffour<\/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=150106940064497\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940064497\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1501579383_15_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Former Black Stars and Bayern Munich defender Samuel Osei Kuffour has challenged Ghana\u2019s home-based Black Stars to strive to make the nation proud in the upcoming WAFU Championship, insisting it will define the value of the Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>To him, this is a tournament that will be dominated by home-based players from all the 16 participating countries and Ghana\u2019s performance will be a replica of the level of the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will be seeking to defend the title they won in 2013, as they prepare to face Gambia in the opening game of the competition on September 9 at the Essipong Stadium in Sekondi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a big test for us. We have to go all the way. If we fail then we know that the league is not good,\u201d Kuffour told the media after the draw on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to also be concerned about our players; if they have the quality to win the trophy for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana will battle Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Mali, Mauritania, Guinea and Guinea Bissau in Zone A<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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