{"id":1049,"date":"2011-11-28T10:22:05","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T10:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/11\/ghana-defender-sumaila-positive-on-lens-deal\/"},"modified":"2011-11-28T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T10:22:05","slug":"ghana-defender-sumaila-positive-on-lens-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/11\/28\/ghana-defender-sumaila-positive-on-lens-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Defender Sumaila Positive On Lens Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/9f1e669954948_791092.jpg\" border=\"1\" class=\"c6\" \/><span>Ghana defender Rashid Sumaila is optimistic he will be handed a permanent deal at French club Lens.<\/p>\n<p>The highly talented powerful centre-back had a successful one-week trial with the Ligue 2 outfit last week after he gained his debut call up into the Black Stars.<\/p>\n<p>He returned home to help Ebusua Dwarfs post a 3-1 win over New Edubiase in the Glo Premier League<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old claims he impressed officials of Lens to earn a contract during the January transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe trials went well and they were very happy with my performance and hopefully I will join them in January,\u201d Sumaila said<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the dream of every player to play abroad and so if the deal comes my way I won\u2019t hesitate to pick up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sumaila came to prominence at the start of the season following his excellent performances for Ghana\u2019s Under-23 side who won gold at the All Africa Games in September.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana coach Goran Stevanovic has been impressed with his output which resulted in the decision to call him into the senior team.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Ghana defender Rashid Sumaila is optimistic he will be handed a permanent deal at French club Lens. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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