{"id":439679,"date":"2017-11-22T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2017-11-22T00:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/22\/goldfields-keen-on-sponsoring-the-black-stars-again\/"},"modified":"2017-11-22T00:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-11-22T00:00:26","slug":"goldfields-keen-on-sponsoring-the-black-stars-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/22\/goldfields-keen-on-sponsoring-the-black-stars-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldfields keen on sponsoring the Black Stars again"},"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, 21 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-21<\/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\/78697145.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Stars AFCON 2015 Train\" title=\"Black Stars AFCON 2015 Train\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars<\/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=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511308826_957_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Mining giants Goldfields West Africa say they are keen on sponsoring the Black Stars again, five years after parting ways with the senior national team.<\/p>\n<p>Alfred Baku, the Executive Vice President of Goldfields West Africa, says are always ready to work again with the Ghana FA if they are approached by the football governing body.<\/p>\n<p>The former sponsors of the Black Stars in 2012 failed to renew their six year partnership deal which was worth over 15 million dollars.<\/p>\n<p>Baku revealed that they were told by the Ghana football Association that other companies wanted to associate themselves with the national pride.<\/p>\n<p>There were reports that they decided to pull out of the deal due to financial challenges but Baku says that was never the case.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Starr Sports, the Executive Vice President of Goldfields West Africa Alfred Baku maintain their doors are open to work again with the GFA if they are contacted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just because others were knocking on their doors to come in and they indicated that to us,\u201d Baku told Starr Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey felt that we had been on the seat for five to six years which was time to move on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever say never,if they approach us why not,we will listen to them and then we will see whatever support we can give maybe not in the same capacity but in a different capacity.\u201d<\/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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