{"id":284754,"date":"2011-02-28T17:02:09","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T17:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/ex-ghana-star-tony-yeboah-slams-essien%e2%80%99s-prolonged-ghana-return\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T17:02:09","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T17:02:09","slug":"ex-ghana-star-tony-yeboah-slams-essiens-prolonged-ghana-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/ex-ghana-star-tony-yeboah-slams-essiens-prolonged-ghana-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-ghana Star Tony Yeboah Slams Essien\u2019s Prolonged Ghana Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"57\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start -->Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dd804699Tony-Yeboah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24313\" title=\"Tony Yeboah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dd804699Tony-Yeboah.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tony Yeboah wants Micheal Essien to end his international hiatus<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Ex-Ghana striker Tony Yeboah claims midfielder Michael Essien has taken too long to end his international hiatus. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Chelsea ace early this month failed to confirm his return date to the 2010 Fifa World Cup quarter-finalists.<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian fans were expecting Essien to return next month for the crucial 2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier at Congo Brazzaville and the friendly against England.<\/p>\n<p>But the former Leeds United player says the 28-year-old has over-stayed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think it was a bad decision because sometimes you look at yourself and know you have to concentrate on your club career. But it has taken too long. Now he is settled, the fitness is good; the performance is not bad so now is the time for him to come back,\u201d Yeboah told KickOffGhana.com.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know the reason why he said that (he won\u2019t return in March) but it is the time for him to come back. We gave him the chance to settle down and now I think everything is okay for him. He can\u2019t say he won\u2019t play for the Ghana national team again. He asked permission to get a break but for me it\u2019s a good time for him to come back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- \n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n --><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/dd804699Tony-Yeboah-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original article here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/ghanasoccernet.com\/2011\/02\/ex-ghana-star-tony-yeboah-slams-essiens-prolonged-ghana-return\/\" title=\"Ex-ghana Star Tony Yeboah Slams Essien\u2019s Prolonged Ghana Return\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ex-ghana Star Tony Yeboah Slams Essien\u2019s Prolonged Ghana Return<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#8217;s most authoritative football news website. Tony Yeboah wants Micheal Essien to end his international hiatus Ex-Ghana striker Tony Yeboah claims midfielder Michael Essien has taken too long to end his international hiatus. The Chelsea ace early this month failed to confirm his return date to the 2010 Fifa World Cup quarter-finalists. <\/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-284754","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>Ex-ghana Star Tony Yeboah Slams Essien\u2019s Prolonged Ghana Return - 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\/28\/ex-ghana-star-tony-yeboah-slams-essiens-prolonged-ghana-return\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Ex-ghana Star Tony Yeboah Slams Essien\u2019s Prolonged Ghana Return - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Welcome to Ghanasoccernet.com, Ghana&#039;s most authoritative football news website. 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