{"id":283333,"date":"2011-02-15T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-15T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/15\/arsenal-starlet-emmanuel-frimpong-keen-to-play-for-ghana\/"},"modified":"2011-02-15T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-15T11:58:00","slug":"arsenal-starlet-emmanuel-frimpong-keen-to-play-for-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/15\/arsenal-starlet-emmanuel-frimpong-keen-to-play-for-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal starlet Emmanuel Frimpong keen to play for Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Stefan Coerts<\/h3>\n<h4>15 Feb 2011 11:58:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.9142857143\">\n<div readability=\"15.0652173913\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emmanuel Frimpong - Arsenal, (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/fc902261112971_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Emmanuel Frimpong &#8211; Arsenal, (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"22.4507462687\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/94\/arsenal\">Arsenal<\/a> youngster <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/ghana\/26414\/emmanuel-frimpong\">Emmanuel Frimpong<\/a> has revealed that he&#8217;s eager to represent Ghana at international level. <\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old has already played for England under-17, but he&#8217;s ready to switch allegiances if Ghana want him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have always said that I will play for Ghana because I am a Ghanaian player. My whole family is from Ghana, but at the same time, I have been  in England since I was young and I see England as my home,&#8221; said Frimpong to <em>Citi Sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But at the  moment, if Ghana call me up I will gladly go and play. But there are  people who also don\u2019t want me to be called to play for Ghana, which is very  disappointing. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I guess I just have to wait for a call-up. But at the  moment I am still playing for England so it\u2019s a bit of a difficult  situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have always told my family that if Ghana call me, I will personally ride my own bicycle from England to Ghana.&#8221;<br \/><em><br \/><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/fc902261112971_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/02\/15\/2353262\/arsenal-starlet-emmanuel-frimpong-keen-to-play-for-ghana\" title=\"Arsenal starlet Emmanuel Frimpong keen to play for Ghana\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arsenal starlet Emmanuel Frimpong keen to play for Ghana<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Stefan Coerts 15 Feb 2011 11:58:00 Emmanuel Frimpong &#8211; Arsenal, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal youngster Emmanuel Frimpong has revealed that he&#8217;s eager to represent Ghana at international level. The 19-year-old has already played for England under-17, but he&#8217;s ready to switch allegiances if Ghana want him. &#8220;I have always said that I will play for Ghana because I am a Ghanaian player<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-283333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Arsenal starlet Emmanuel Frimpong keen to play for Ghana - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/15\/arsenal-starlet-emmanuel-frimpong-keen-to-play-for-ghana\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Arsenal starlet Emmanuel Frimpong keen to play for Ghana - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Stefan Coerts 15 Feb 2011 11:58:00 Emmanuel Frimpong - Arsenal, (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Arsenal youngster Emmanuel Frimpong has revealed that he&#039;s eager to represent Ghana at international level. 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