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Chairman Wontumi bemoans Ghanaian clubs inability to sell players to Real Madrid, Manchester United

Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Ashanti Region Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly called Chairman Wontumi has bemoaned the inability of Asante Kotoko, Hearts of Oak and other big clubs on the local scene to transfer players to the major European leagues.
Ashanti regional of New PatriotIc Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Bosiako a.k.a Chairman Wontumi
Ashanti regional of New PatriotIc Party (NPP) Bernard Antwi Bosiako a.k.a Chairman Wontumi

There have been some major transfers since the European transfer window was opened in June.

Some Ghanaian players have been involved in moves that grabbed the headlines, notable among them were Mohammed Kodus moves from FC Nordsjælland to Ajax Mohammed Salisu who was transferred from Real Valladolid in the Spanish La Liga to the English Premier League.

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Chairman Wontumi has, however, questioned the failure of our local clubs to make a direct transfer of players from the domestic leagues to big Europeans clubs like Real Madrid, Chelsea, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, etc.

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Engaging Wontumi Radio's sports host, King Eben, this morning, Chairman Wontumi said: "I have heard you doing stories about the transfer window in Europe and the world so why can't our Kotoko and Hearts also do business with the big clubs. Is it not the same football that we are doing in the country?

"I always hear about the transfer news and I ask myself, so if we cannot buy from these clubs, can't we also sell to them?

"We have to do something about this because this is bad. Is it also because we don't have good marketers to market our ‘products’?” Chairman Wontumi queried.

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