UEFA Champions League Winner Muntari Opens Up on Horrible Treatment of Players in Ghana's Top Division

UEFA Champions League Winner Muntari Opens Up on Horrible Treatment of Players in Ghana's Top Division

Lukman Mumuni
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:15 PM
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  • Ghanaian legend Sulley Aliu Muntari has opened up on his six months in the Ghana Premier League
  • The former AC Milan and Inter Milan star spent the last season with Ghanaian giants Accra Hearts of Oak
  • Sulley Muntari is currently unattached after his contract with Hearts ended at the end of last season

Legendary Black Stars midfielder Sulley Muntari insists players in Ghana's domestic leagues don't get the best treatment and that has affected the quality of talents available.

The 2010 UEFA Champions League winner returned home to play for Hearts of Oak after an illustrious career abroad.

Muntari, after winning the President Cup and the FA Cup with the Phobians decided to end his stay with the club.

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Sulley Muntari has revealed that players in the Ghana Premier League deserve better treatment. Credit: @442GH
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In the six months he spent in the Ghana Premier League, Muntari was not happy with how players were treated before, during and after games.

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"The league and all these things, It's horrible," he told Dan Kwaku Yeboah TV. "There are talents in the Ghana Premier League. The young boys have to be treated well," he added.
"You can't travel with kids and leave them seven to nine hours to play football. And you don't treat them the way you don't want to be treated.
"So I think if we want a very good future for these kids. The first division, second division, colts and the premiership, we really have to focus on them."

The 37-year-old has been linked with Hearts of Oak's rivals Kumasi Asante Kotoko, but Muntari is yet to make a decision about his future in the sport.

Muntari played for Ghana at three World Cups, including the 2010 edition in South Africa.

Sulley Muntari reveals why he left Hearts of Oak after brief spell

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Legendary Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari has shared his experience playing in the domestic topflight league with Hearts of Oak.

The 37-year-old spent six months with the Accra-based club, winning the President Cup and the FA Cup.

His decision to play in the Ghana Premier League was because his son wanted to watch him play, but Jamal Muntari quit going to the stadium after two games because his father could not score goals.

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Lukman Mumuni
Lukman Abdul Mumin is a Sports Journalist based in Accra, Ghana. He has been writing for the past five years. Lukman joined Sports Brief as an Editor for the Local Desk in 2022.
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