{"id":446507,"date":"2017-12-13T03:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-13T03:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/kwesi-nyantakyi-wants-local-calendar-synchronized-with-europe\/"},"modified":"2017-12-13T03:00:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T03:00:32","slug":"kwesi-nyantakyi-wants-local-calendar-synchronized-with-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/13\/kwesi-nyantakyi-wants-local-calendar-synchronized-with-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Kwesi Nyantakyi wants local calendar synchronized with Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday, 13 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-13<\/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\/54456029.295.jpg\" alt=\"Kwesi Nyantakyi Mic\" title=\"Kwesi Nyantakyi Mic\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Kwesi Nyantakyi<\/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=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1513134032_625_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana Football Association president Kwesi Nyantakyi says it is imperative to get the local football calendar in sync with that of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the season in Ghana has been inconsistent and unpredictable and the 2017\/2018 season is behind schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Nyantakyi, who owns Ghana Premier League side Wa All Stars, says it will be beneficial to have an August-May season just like the<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;We tried it about eight, seven seasons and it worked but internal wrangling and litigation led to some tampering with the league schedule,&#8221; the CAF 1st vice president told Joy Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;People took the Ghana FA to court and that delayed the start of the league. That is what has brought us where we are now [two years behind], now we struggling to realign again, it might take us two or more years to realign.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I think it is better to align with the European calendar so when it is time for players to move abroad it&#8217;s easier and doesn\u2019t affect the team and the league as a whole.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;It also affords the Ghana FA the advantage of gaining easy access to players for releases for national team call-ups.&#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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