Jonathan Mensah pens emotional message to former team Anzhi Makhachkala after joining Columbus Crew

Ghana defender Jonathan Mensah has written an emotional message to his former club Anzhi Makhachkala after leaving for Columbus Crew earlier this week.

On January 3, it was announced that the MLS club Columbus Crew SC had signed Mensah as their second designated player.

The deal truncated a 2.5 year deal with Anji and Mensah, 26, took to Instagram to express gratitude to his teammates and management members of the Russian club.

Mensah is currently on international duty at a pre-2017 AFCON camp with the Black Stars.

Read his entire post below;

I Don't even know where to start. First of all I would like to Thank God for everything. Would also like to thank everyone at Anji for a wonderful time at the club. The club gave me a big opportunity and I am grateful for that. I am grateful to the club president, the management, the general director the sporting director who brought me to the club. the contact that brought me to the club, (Adel) the technical staff and the playing body and everyone involved in the team. Anji Makhachkala is a great team with great people and fans. The people of Dagestan will always remain in my heart for their massive support each and every game whether results were good or not. They showed great passion and love for their team in the best possible way, and that's how it's done. I am glad I passed through this amazing club Called Anji Makhachkala FC. Life is full of ups and downs and I would like to count my Anji passage as a big up in my football career. Спасибо Anji Jonathan Mensah

A photo posted by Jonathan Mensah (@jomens25) on Jan 8, 2017 at 12:23am PST