{"id":61425,"date":"2023-04-26T14:56:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T14:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/26\/premier-league-in-race-to-sign-ghana-winger-joseph-paintsil\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T14:56:25","slug":"premier-league-in-race-to-sign-ghana-winger-joseph-paintsil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/04\/26\/premier-league-in-race-to-sign-ghana-winger-joseph-paintsil\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League in race to sign Ghana winger Joseph Paintsil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"636\" height=\"424\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Joseph-Paintsil-636x424-1.jpg\"   alt=\"Joseph Paintsil\" title=\"Joseph Paintsil\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joseph Paintsil<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>English Premier League clubs have joined the race to sign Ghana international, Joseph Paintsil from Belgian side, KRC Genk.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has been a livewire for Genk in the Belgian Jupilier Pro League in the ongoing season.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<strong><em>The Telegraph,<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Brentford, Fulham and Brighton have all\u00a0been impressed\u00a0by the performance of the promising winger.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Paintsil has been a standout performer at\u00a0Genk this season, scoring 14 goals and providing 14 assists aiding the Blue and White lads to finish top of the league log.<\/p>\n<p>He is expected to leave the Belgian club with a fee around the region of \u00a310 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paintsil\u2019s goals-and-assist contribution has made him the most productive African player in Europe this season, with two more than Napoli striker Victor Osimhen and also ahead of Mohamed Salah in the table.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his consistent performance for Genk, Paintsil was left out of Ghana\u2019s\u00a0final squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, made a return to the squad for the last month\u2019s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers double-header against Angola where he climbed off the bench to provide an assist in a 1-1 away draw in Luanda.<\/p>\n<p>Paintsil joined KRC Genk from Ghanaian side Tema Youth FC after a successful loan spell at Hungarian side Ferencv\u00e1ros.<\/p>\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=\"x35kkpe0bT8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Road Crashes Statics: Bono East records decline in cases but registers more deaths in 2023.\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x35kkpe0bT8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph Paintsil English Premier League clubs have joined the race to sign Ghana international, Joseph Paintsil from Belgian side, KRC Genk. 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