{"id":422672,"date":"2017-09-27T10:00:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/27\/english-is-not-compulsory-for-footballers-jerome-otchere-defends-stephen-sarfo\/"},"modified":"2017-09-27T10:00:21","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T10:00:21","slug":"english-is-not-compulsory-for-footballers-jerome-otchere-defends-stephen-sarfo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/27\/english-is-not-compulsory-for-footballers-jerome-otchere-defends-stephen-sarfo\/","title":{"rendered":"English is not compulsory for footballers \u2013 Jerome Otchere defends Stephen Sarfo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/63386975.295.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Sarfo WAFU MOTM\" title=\"Stephen Sarfo WAFU MOTM\" width=\"295\" height=\"208\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Stephen Sarfo was named Man of the Match in their 4-1 walloping of sworn rivals Nigeria<\/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\/1506506421_273_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Editor of Kotoko express, Jerome Otchere has jumped to the defense of Berekum Chelsea\u2019s striker, Stephen Sarfo after he was ridiculed for his poor command of the English language.<\/p>\n<p>Social media was set ablaze when the prolific attacker who was the top scorer of the just ended FOX WAFU Cup of Nations in an interview exposed his poor command of the Queen\u2019s language.<\/p>\n<p>But Mr Otchere said English is not mandatory for football players hence the top scorer should be spared the rod.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not compulsory for our footballers to express themselves in English. I think they should speak in languages they are comfortable with so the journalists can interpret and explain to their audience later\u2026\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He continues that, \u201csome of the questions to me were even irrelevant. People at international conferences do not speak only English. This is no issue; Sarfo is a very good player. Let\u2019s just let him go, he speaks well\u2026\u201dJerome noted.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Sarfo snatched the golden boot after netting four out of Ghana\u2019s ten goals at the just ended FOX WAFU Cup of nations.<\/p>\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>Stephen Sarfo was named Man of the Match in their 4-1 walloping of sworn rivals Nigeria &#13; Editor of Kotoko express, Jerome Otchere has jumped to the defense of Berekum Chelsea\u2019s striker, Stephen Sarfo after he was ridiculed for his poor command of the English language. 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