{"id":23288,"date":"2011-12-29T09:32:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-29T09:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/agyeman-badu-returns-to-training-hands-ghana-nations-cup-boost\/"},"modified":"2011-12-29T09:32:05","modified_gmt":"2011-12-29T09:32:05","slug":"agyeman-badu-returns-to-training-hands-ghana-nations-cup-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/29\/agyeman-badu-returns-to-training-hands-ghana-nations-cup-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Agyeman-badu Returns To Training, Hands Ghana Nations Cup Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"55\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanasoccernet.com\/agyeman-badu-returns-to-training-hands-ghana-nations-cup-boost\/celtic-v-udinese-calcio-uefa-europa-league\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104179\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Emmanuel Agyeman-Badu\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/bab86db504e73dee02400a61f1f4b71be95a.124.69.jpg\" alt=\"Agyeman Badu suffers a tackle by Celtic's Samaras\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Akyereko Frimpong-Manson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghana have received a major injury boost ahead of next month\u2019s Nations Cup with the news that midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has returned to training.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old picked a knock early this month during a Uefa Europa League fixture against Celtic at the Stadio Friuli.<\/p>\n<p>Badu was ruled out of action for three weeks but has now begun light training at Udinese\u2019s training grounds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have started light training and by God\u2019s grace things are going well. In five or six days, I will return to full scale training,\u201d he told GHANAsoccernet.com<\/p>\n<p>The former Berekum Arsenal midfielder also confirmed he will arrive in Ghana on Saturday for Ghana\u2019s pre-Nations Cup camping in Rustenburg which begins on 7 January.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I arrive on Saturday, I will join the Black Stars team to South Africa,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Badu is expected to play a key role in Ghana\u2019s campaign in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Previous post: <a href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.mobi\/mertesacker-ive-told-podolski-to-join-me-at-arsenal-15\/\" rel=\"prev\">Mertesacker: I\u2019ve Told Podolski To Join Me At Arsenal<\/a><br \/>Next post: <a href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.mobi\/new-atletico-madrid-coach-simeone-i-always-felt-id-return-53\/\" rel=\"next\">New Atletico Madrid Coach Simeone: I Always Felt I\u2019d Return<\/a><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Akyereko Frimpong-Manson Ghana have received a major injury boost ahead of next month\u2019s Nations Cup with the news that midfielder Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu has returned to training. <\/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-23288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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