The Ghana Premier League (GPL) has been boosted by a windfall from television rights holder StarTimes as each club in the top-flight has received $5,000 as part payment of the rights deal.
The money comes as a massive boost for the 18 clubs in the top-flight who are struggling to meet their financial demands in the face of the corona virus pandemic.
Consequently, the Ghana Football Association (GFA) has sent notices to clubs, informing them of the receipt of the much-awaited cash from the Chinese broadcasters.
Chairman of Bechem United, Mr. Kingsley Osei Bonsu, who is also an Executive Council member of the GFA, confirmed on OTEC FM that the GFA has informed his club about the money.
“As a chairman of Bechem United, I received a message from the GFA’s General Secretary, Prosper Harrison Addo that Startimes have paid part of their sponsorship deal into our (FA’s) account,” Lord Zico told OTEC Fm.
The Chinese pay-tv operators emerged winners of the competitive bid process after the GFA accepted their offer, which was the best among other bids.
Meanwhile, Ghana has been rated the second African country with the highest number of players in foreign leagues for the year 2019, according to the latest edition of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post.
A total of 311 players were exported to clubs abroad with 67.8% active in top division leagues.
This is more than the 286 recorded for the year 2018.
Nigeria tops the list in Africa after transferring 399 players abroad with 73.2% of them playing in the top division.
In third place is Senegal with 230 players abroad with a percentage of 59.6% in the top flight.
Despite having 71.6 % of players in top division, Côte d’Ivoire sold 204 players to foreign clubs.
Brazil is at the top of the table (1,600 players, of which 74.6% active in top division leagues) ahead of France (1,027, 74.0%) and Argentina (972, 75.5%).
In total, 186 national associations had at least one player expatriated in the 141 leagues from 93 countries included in the sample. –Ghanasoccernet.com
