Ghana defender John Mensah open to Lyon stay

Published on: 27 June 2011

Ghana captain John Mensah has stated he will only stay at French side Olympique Lyon if he is guaranteed more playing time at the Stade Gerland.

The centre-back has been given an ultimatum to report to the club by 30 June ahead of their pre-season.

Mensah joined Lyon in the summer of 2008 but left the club the following year to Sunderland-where he spent two seasons on loan-after falling down the pecking order.

With the departure of Claude Puel as head coach, the Rock of Gibraltar could see through the remainder of his five-year contract.

"Lyon is a great club and if they are prepared to give me enough playing time then why not, I will play there because I have a running contract with them," Mensah said.

"They have given me up till June 30th to report. For now, there are no concrete offers on the table so I have to return to France to see what happens."

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