{"id":609091,"date":"2019-04-20T12:17:48","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T12:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday, 20 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n2019-04-20\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/41"},"modified":"2019-04-20T12:17:48","modified_gmt":"2019-04-20T12:17:48","slug":"baba-yara-could-have-been-compared-to-ronaldo-and-messi-if-he-was-still-playing-ibrahim-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/20\/baba-yara-could-have-been-compared-to-ronaldo-and-messi-if-he-was-still-playing-ibrahim-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Baba Yara could have been compared to Ronaldo and Messi if he was still playing- Ibrahim Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Saturday, 20 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2019-04-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/41775782.295.jpg\" alt=\"BABA YAYA\" title=\"BABA YAYA\" width=\"295\" height=\"411\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ex-Asante Kotoko star, Baba Yara<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Legendary Ghanaian football Ibrahim Sunday has picked ex-Asante Kotoko star, Baba Yara as the greatest player to emerge from Ghana. <\/p>\n<p>The 1971 Africa Footballer of the year, drew comparison between Baba Yara and two of the best ever to grace the  sport in recent years, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ibrahim Sunday, Baba Yara was on &#8220;another level&#8221; in reference to some of Ghana&#8217;s greats like Abedi Pele and even himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the players came during their time, if I talk about Baba Yara a lot of people don\u2019t know about him but he was the greatest player of his time. Fantastic player!,\u201d he told Footballmadeinghana.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had several others who were also great but Baba Yara was on another level. The President of France back then made a famous remark that \u2018Ghanaians don\u2019t know anything apart from Babayara\u2019,  at a time without as much media coverage as today he was making waves all over the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he was playing today, he would\u2019ve been compared to the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baba Yara was named after the Kumasi Sports Stadium following his role in the history of Ghana Football.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; 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:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/1551782796_787_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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