{"id":1126140,"date":"2022-06-17T23:12:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T23:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/17\/barcelona-forward-memphis-depay-meets-akufo-addo-photos\/"},"modified":"2022-06-17T23:12:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T23:12:33","slug":"barcelona-forward-memphis-depay-meets-akufo-addo-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/17\/barcelona-forward-memphis-depay-meets-akufo-addo-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona forward Memphis Depay meets Akufo Addo [Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"459\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022-06-17_113831176-696x459.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"image_2022-06-17_113831176\"\/><\/div>\n<p>   <!--  --><\/p>\n<p>Barcelona forward Memphis Depay paid a\u00a0courtesy call on President Nana Akufo-Addo\u00a0at the Jubilee House on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian Dutch-born who recently had a successful campaign with the Netherlands in the UEFA Nations League\u00a0has arrived in Ghana for holidays and some philanthropic projects.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old was spotted presenting a customized Barcelona jersey with his signature to President Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/288756108_575820830567893_4815245498704498954_n.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>President Akufo-Addo welcomed the former Manchester United star and urged him to work hard towards his achievements.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/288675112_575820933901216_3388080575634916776_n.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>In 2019, he visited many areas of\u00a0Ghana\u00a0especially Cape Coast for charity actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe children of Cape Deaf, in Ghana, fill me with pure happiness,\u201d he tweeted at that time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeeing the way they live with such positive energy is an inspiration and I was blessed to sit in a sign language class with them and learn new things.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The children of Cape Deaf, in Ghana, fill me with pure happiness. Seeing the way they live with such positive energy is an inspiration and I was blessed to sit in a sign language class with them and learn new things! \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffd\ud83c\udf0d\ud83c\udfc1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qSiMM89fJi\">pic.twitter.com\/qSiMM89fJi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Memphis Depay (@Memphis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Memphis\/status\/1145372765354176512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"STb_chhe16U\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"More than 150,000 merchants enrolled onto GHQR platform - Dwadie \u2013 Adom TV News (17-6-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/STb_chhe16U?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barcelona forward Memphis Depay paid a\u00a0courtesy call on President Nana Akufo-Addo\u00a0at the Jubilee House on Thursday. 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