{"id":430905,"date":"2017-10-21T16:30:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T16:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/21\/jonathan-mensah-backs-crazy-spending-by-clubs\/"},"modified":"2017-10-21T16:30:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T16:30:26","slug":"jonathan-mensah-backs-crazy-spending-by-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/21\/jonathan-mensah-backs-crazy-spending-by-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonathan Mensah backs crazy spending by clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/43894249.295.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Mensah CR\" title=\"Jonathan Mensah CR\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Jonathan Mensah, Columbus Crew defender<\/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\/10\/1508603426_325_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana and Columbus Crew defender Jonathan Mensah believes the outrageous transfer fees teams are paying for players is in line with the growth and development of football.<\/p>\n<p>Paris Saint Germain and Barcelona splashed in excess of 320 million euros on Neymar and Ousmane Dembele respectively in the 2017 summer transfer window, with the trend likely to continue in subsequent windows.<\/p>\n<p>The former U-20 world cup winner feels it is rational to make an exception to purchase players of exceptional quality for prices that are over the top especially if the franchise in question can provide the funds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt depends on the player and the team he is moving to as well as the team he is on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot say that it is just football now,because the organisations are getting bigger and acquiring more sponsors and TV rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou need big money and players to make these sort of deals work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the amounts are ridiculous but the sport is fast changing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a bigger business now and everything else around it has grown along,\u201d he told Planet Sport Africa in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Mensah  missed Ghana\u2019s last qualifier against Uganda due to an injury.<\/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>Jonathan Mensah, Columbus Crew defender &#13; Ghana and Columbus Crew defender Jonathan Mensah believes the outrageous transfer fees teams are paying for players is in line with the growth and development of football. 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