{"id":1206919,"date":"2022-09-19T09:30:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T09:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/19\/asante-kotoko-striker-franck-etouga-joins-al-masry-in-400000-deal\/"},"modified":"2022-09-19T09:30:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-19T09:30:52","slug":"asante-kotoko-striker-franck-etouga-joins-al-masry-in-400000-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/19\/asante-kotoko-striker-franck-etouga-joins-al-masry-in-400000-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Asante Kotoko striker Franck Etouga joins Al Masry in $400,000 deal \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Al Masry, a team in the Egyptian Premier League, has confirmed the acquisition of striker Franck Etouga Mbella from Asante Kotoko.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On Sunday, the Cameroonian striker officially signed with the Egyptian team in a deal costing an estimated $400,000.<\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old was an integral part of Kotoko\u2019s success in the 2021\/22 Ghana Premier League season, in which they won the championship.<\/p>\n<p>Mbella led the Porcupine Warriors in scoring by a wide margin, with 21 tallies in 30 league games.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>Yaw Annor, a forward for Ashanti Gold, scored 22 goals for the Miners past season, almost edging him out for the league\u2019s golden boot.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Al Masry released a statement saying that they had acquired Mbella from Kotoko. He is the club\u2019s seventh acquisition of the summer.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Eighth deal of the Green Eagles. Welcome to our Cameroon international striker Frank Etouga, coming from the Ashanti Kotoko club in the Ghanaian city of Kumasi, the stronghold of the Ashanti tribes,\u201d a statement from the Egyptian club said.<\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0SAD: Asante Kotoko out of CAF Champions League after penalty defeat to RC Kadiogo<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kotoko head coach Seydou Zerbo believes the club will be able to cope without their lethal forward.<\/p>\n<p>The Porcupine Warriors are set to face Burkinabe side RC Kadiogo in the second leg of the CAF Champions League preliminary round on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Zerbo\u2019s side recorded a slim 1-0 win over Kadiogo in the first leg and will be hoping to finish the job at the Baba Yara Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAsante Kotoko is a big club and if Mbella isn\u2019t around, that doesn\u2019t mean the club won\u2019t be there,\u201d the Kotoko coach said ahead of the game against Kadiogo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard he\u2019s is an important player but I didn\u2019t work with him but I believe those who won in Benin can equally step up for the club,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_283104\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-283104\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"5\" class=\"wp-image-283104 size-full\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"718\"  data-lazy- src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-19-at-9.16.21-AM.jpg\"\/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-perfmatters-preload=\"5\" class=\"wp-image-283104 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Screenshot-2022-09-19-at-9.16.21-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"665\" height=\"718\"  \/><\/noscript><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-283104\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Franck Etouga joins Al Masry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Al Masry, a team in the Egyptian Premier League, has confirmed the acquisition of striker Franck Etouga Mbella from Asante Kotoko. On Sunday, the Cameroonian striker officially signed with the Egyptian team in a deal costing an estimated $400,000. 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