{"id":434242,"date":"2017-11-04T11:00:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/04\/ashgold-chief-kudjoe-fianoo-wants-retirement-package-for-footballers\/"},"modified":"2017-11-04T11:00:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T11:00:27","slug":"ashgold-chief-kudjoe-fianoo-wants-retirement-package-for-footballers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/04\/ashgold-chief-kudjoe-fianoo-wants-retirement-package-for-footballers\/","title":{"rendered":"AshGold chief Kudjoe Fianoo wants retirement package for footballers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday,  4 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/36495570.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kudjoe Fianoo GHALCA Chair\" title=\"Kudjoe Fianoo GHALCA Chair\" width=\"295\" height=\"205\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kudjoe Fianoo, Ashanti Gold boss<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150834795848671\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150834795848671\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1509793227_65_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ashanti Gold CEO Kudjoe Fianoo believes the death of former Black Stars midfielder Yakubu Abubakari has re-ignited the debate of having a retirement package for ex-footballers.<\/p>\n<p>Fianoo, a former Black Stars team manager, argues that this would help curtail the challenges some football players face when they retire.<\/p>\n<p>He spoke to the Graphic Sports in Tema during the funeral of Abubakari, a former Ajax Amsterdam and Vitesse Arnhem star.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The lessons we&#8217;ve learnt from his (Yakubu) sudden demise is that what plans do we have for players when they retire?,&#8221; Fianoo said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;The stories associated with his (Yakubu\u2019s) last days were not pleasant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;As administrators, what welfare packages have we put in place for the future upkeep of the players if they should hang their boots?.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;It is natural that not all of them can continue to be in football like coaches, etc.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;Those who cannot continue in football, what plans do we have for them?.&#8221;<\/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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