{"id":26717,"date":"2020-08-12T09:20:02","date_gmt":"2020-08-12T09:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=26717"},"modified":"2020-08-12T09:25:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-12T09:25:30","slug":"galatasaray-sniff-around-bernard-mensah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/galatasaray-sniff-around-bernard-mensah\/","title":{"rendered":"Galatasaray sniff around Bernard Mensah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Galatasaray sniff around Bernard Mensah<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Turkish powerhouse Galatasaray have all but sealed a move to add Ghanaian international Bernard Mensah to their ranks from fellow top-flight side Kayserispor.<\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe midfield gem caught the attention of many clubs this season after successfully impressing with his strong performance for his current club, banging in five goals and notching eight assists in 23 league appearances.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no surprise that, Turkish sides Fenerbeche, Besiktas as well as English and German side, Wolves and Schalke were all said to have enquired about the services of the young midfielder but it&#8217;s Galatasaray have jumped ahead of it&#8217;s competition to make a solid move.<\/p>\n<p>They have however agreed to pay Kayserispor&#8217;s asking price of 3.6 million euros to secure their man.<\/p>\n<p>Mensah&#8217;s contract with the Turkish club Kayserispor&#8217;s will elapse next season, 2022 but the player wants a new challenge in order to test himself.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghanaian playmaker has been ever present in Turkey, starting out with Kasimpasa on loan, playing a total of 30 games scoring five, moving on to Kayserispor on loan and playing 24 games with three goals before signing on permanatly with them last season.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, he successfully secures this move to bolster his professional carer that spans over half a decade.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Galatasaray sniff around Bernard Mensah Turkish powerhouse Galatasaray have all but sealed a move to add Ghanaian international Bernard Mensah to their ranks from fellow top-flight side Kayserispor. The midfield gem caught the attention of many clubs this season after successfully impressing with his strong performance for his current club, banging in five goals and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":26722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8417,3347],"tags":[15693,5338,14475,8950,9493],"class_list":{"0":"post-26717","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghplayersabroad","9":"tag-bernard-mensah","10":"tag-galatasaray","11":"tag-ghana-players","12":"tag-ghana-players-abroad","13":"tag-turkish-league"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Bernard-Mensah-722.jpg?fit=748%2C416&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-6WV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31828,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/turkish-side-galatasaray-scouting-kotokos-franck-etouga-mbella\/","url_meta":{"origin":26717,"position":0},"title":"Turkish side Galatasaray scouting Kotoko&#8217;s Franck Etouga Mbella","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"March 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Asante Kotoko striker Franck Etouga Mbella is reportedly one of the African players European side Galatasaray are currently scouting ahead of next season. 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