{"id":58921,"date":"2022-12-21T11:55:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T11:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=58921"},"modified":"2022-12-21T11:55:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T11:55:26","slug":"hearts-of-oak-could-have-been-smart-to-tie-down-barnieh-esme-mends-blasts-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=58921","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Hearts of Oak could have been smart to tie down Barnieh \u2013 Esme Mends blasts management<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Esme Papa Mends, a former Accra Hearts of Oak midfielder, has criticized management of the Phobians for not renewing the contract of Daniel Afriyie Barnieh all these years to this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Black Stars striker joined the former Ghana Premier League champions in 2019, signing a three-year deal which is expected to expire this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, there has not been any breakthrough in contract renegotiation to extend Barnieh\u2019s future with fears that the young striker may leave Hearts of Oak as a free agent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Kumasi-based LUV FM, Esme Mends, who was part of the Hearts of Oak league winning team in the 2009\/2010 season, stressed his former club should have convinced Barnieh to renew his contract before December 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis issue didn\u2019t start today, it started a long time ago, why are we here? Why is this situation up now?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe as a club, we knew Barniih\u2019s contract will be running out this year, so why did you wait all this while to this point?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople sign five-year contract, three-year contract, in between or just after a year, they call him for renewal to improve the contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe boy kept improving, year-in-year-out, he kept improving so we [Accra Hearts of Oak] were supposed to be smart enough, tie him down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we should know is that, all these players have families, they have people they listen to, they have advisors and they have friends who have travelled outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey see, they hear and they know what they bring when they go outside so when you have such players, you tie them down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since joining Hearts of Oak, Daniel Afriyie Barnieh, has won the Ghana Premier League and MTN FA Cup trophies with the rainbow club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? 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