Ghana Premier League wants to emulate Bundesliga

The local topflight has ambitions to take a cue from the German championship in a bid to reach greater heights

Communications Director of the Ghana Football Association, Ibrahim Sannie Daara, has outlined his outfit's plans of making the local topflight as attractive as the German top tier.

The Ghana Premier League has signed a ten-year broadcasting deal with pay-TV operator StarTimes, who also currently hold the media rights to the Bundesliga.

"We want to learn so many things from the Bundesliga," Daara told said.

"If Germany has a policy that attracts families to come out to watch matches, then it is something we can learn from them.

"If they have been able to brand themselves to a point that they have more stadium attendance than the English Premier League, for instance, then it is something worth learning from.

"We are negotiating with them [Bundesliga] to let some of our club officials visit them to learn some new things."

StarTimes will pay $17,950,000 for the deal, provide ten artificial pitches and a fullyequipped modern OB van to the GFA over the duration of the deal.

"We are also mindful that there are some Ghanaian former internationals, who can also play a role between the Bundesliga and the Ghana Football Association and even work with them as analyst, ambassadors, commentators and the rest," Daara added.

"This is a complete gamut of things that we want to advance with the Bundesliga; it is going to be a bilateral relationship.

"There is no contract, we need help from them but we can't force them to help us.

"We hope by next year, we would visit to further strengthen our relationship with the Bundesliga."

StarTimes replaces SuperSport, who held the broadcasting rights to the Ghana Premier League since 2013.