{"id":43091,"date":"2025-03-13T07:16:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T07:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=43091"},"modified":"2025-03-13T07:16:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T07:16:19","slug":"jamie-carragher-falls-short-of-top-2000-defenders-sammy-kuffour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/jamie-carragher-falls-short-of-top-2000-defenders-sammy-kuffour\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamie Carragher falls short of top 2000 defenders- Sammy Kuffour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ghana and Bayern Munich legend, Samuel Osei Kuffuor, has strongly hit back at former England defender Jamie Carragher, for downplaying the essence of\u00a0 AFCON.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"mjo-article-left_rectangle_mid\" data-google-query-id=\"CJGX6qCwhYwDFWKBUAYdb98U8Q\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/1002554\/Myjoyonline\/mjo-article-left_rectangle_mid_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\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><\/p>\n<p>Carragher made this remark on the\u00a0 CBS show\u00a0 after Liverpool&#8217;s win over Manchester City that AFCON shouldn&#8217;t be rated as a major competition to others globally.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"Ghanaian clubs show Kurt Okraku love after CAF ExCo victory\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ghanaian-clubs-show-kurt-okraku-love-after-caf-exco-vixtory\/\">Ghanaian clubs show Kurt Okraku love after CAF ExCo victory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This comments has not settled down well with a host of former African players who reacted in equal measure to register their displeasure about such defaming comments about the AFCON.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Accra based Sporty FM, the former Ghana international queried what the Liverpool legend has achieved in the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What has Carragher achieved in football? If we mention the best 2,000 defenders in the world, Carragher won&#8217;t be part!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo you think anyone will look at Carragher as a role model [in football] and name [their children] after him?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he wasn\u2019t born in Liverpool, I doubt he\u2019d have got the chance to play for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImagine he was born in Italy, would he have been good enough to play for Milan, Real Madrid, Barcelona or even Bayern Munich? No, he wouldn\u2019t have.\u201d he ended<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE :\u00a0<a title=\"CAF Elections : Kurt Okraku elected to CAF\u2019s\u00a0 Executive Committee.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/caf-elections-kurt-okraku-elected-to-cafs-executive-committee\/\">CAF Elections : Kurt Okraku elected to CAF\u2019s\u00a0 Executive Committee.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Osei Kuffour is one of Ghana and Africa&#8217;s most decorated players having won several laurels with Bayern Munich during his playing career with them<\/p>\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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana and Bayern Munich legend, Samuel Osei Kuffuor, has strongly hit back at former England defender Jamie Carragher, for downplaying the essence of\u00a0 AFCON. Carragher made this remark on the\u00a0 CBS show\u00a0 after Liverpool&#8217;s win over Manchester City that AFCON shouldn&#8217;t be rated as a major competition to others globally. 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