{"id":414468,"date":"2017-09-04T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/04\/timothy-fosu-mensah-makes-his-debut-for-netherlands\/"},"modified":"2017-09-04T16:00:25","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T16:00:25","slug":"timothy-fosu-mensah-makes-his-debut-for-netherlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/04\/timothy-fosu-mensah-makes-his-debut-for-netherlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothy Fosu-Mensah makes his debut for Netherlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mainbody\">\n<div id=\"leftsection\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:5px\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1499852581_434_ghanasoccernet5_160x100.jpg\" alt=\"Click to go to GhanaSoccerNet\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Monday,  4 September 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>footballghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-09-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/36935300.295.jpg\" alt=\"Timothy Fosu Mensah Holland\" title=\"Timothy Fosu Mensah Holland\" width=\"295\" height=\"175\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Timothy Fosu-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\/09\/1504540825_136_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Manchester United defender Timothy Mensah made his international debut for European country the Netherlands, turning off any chance of Ghana getting the player to feature for the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>The versatile player has been monitored for some time by the Ghana Football Association and were in the process of persuading him to choose Ghana over Holland.<\/p>\n<p>However, the 19 year old chose Holland and made his international debut in the 4-0 trouncing by France in the World Cup qualifiers last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Born to Ghanaian parents, Timothy has largely played his football in Holland with the Ajax Youth Academy set up before moving to England to play for Manchester United.<\/p>\n<p>The Europa Cup winner signed a one year loan deal with Crystal Palace at the beginning of the season and has been ever present for the struggling Premier League side this season.<\/p>\n<p>Mensah was on the bench when the Orange of Holland defeated Bulgaria 3-1 on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>This means the player cannot feature for the Black Stars after making his International debut for Holland.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 4 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"rightsection\">\n<div class=\"rightNavSection\" style=\"height:600px; margin-bottom:10px; clear:both;\">\n<div id=\"537376779\" style=\"width:160px;height:600px;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"4456be6c9c\" name=\"4456be6c9c\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537376779&amp;cb=149916385110441\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"160\" height=\"600\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/1504540825_797_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\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 Monday, 4 September 2017 Source: footballghana.com 2017-09-04 Timothy Fosu-Mensah &#13; Manchester United defender Timothy Mensah made his international debut for European country the Netherlands, turning off any chance of Ghana getting the player to feature for the Black Stars. 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