89 minutes against Anatalyaspor, 90 minutes versus Bursaspor, 76 minutes against Yeni Malatyaspor and 84 minutes against Fenerbahce, the Ghanaian midfielder has never started a Kayserispor match from the bench this season.

Mensah – on loan from Atletico Madrid -is enjoying life in the Turkish league following another great week in which the 23-year old scored his first goal for the club.

In a game that pitted two Ghanaian players against each other – Mensah for Kayserispor and Andre Ayew for Fenerbahce as both were superbly on the score cards it was Mensah’s display

Manager Ertugrul Saglam continues to confide in the Ghanaian who never disappoints.

It is a fact that Mensah is no alien to the topflight in Turkey as he was the author of similar impressive performance with Kasimpasa last season appearing in 30 league matches scoring 5 times in the process but it is big performances against credible opposition like Fenerbahce -19 times league champions – that raises the profile of player.

Whilst Asamoah Gyan is spending much time on the bench of Kayserispor, Mensah is smiling at the start of the league and the bigger challenge is not to lose focus and the hunger to continue to develop into one of the top class players of the league and beyond.