{"id":284895,"date":"2011-02-28T23:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T23:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/blackburn-rovers-defender-ryan-nelsen-can-return-home-to-visit-earthquake-hit-new-zealand\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T23:03:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T23:03:00","slug":"blackburn-rovers-defender-ryan-nelsen-can-return-home-to-visit-earthquake-hit-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/blackburn-rovers-defender-ryan-nelsen-can-return-home-to-visit-earthquake-hit-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Nelsen can return home to visit earthquake-hit New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Fisher<\/h3>\n<h4>28 Feb 2011 23:03:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"64.0051252847\">\n<div readability=\"11.9447004608\">\n<div>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ryan Nelsen of Blackburn(Getty Images) \" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/055c434e115420_news.jpg\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ryan Nelsen of Blackburn(Getty Images) <\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>        <span readability=\"29.278283485\"><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/108\/blackburn-rovers\">Blackburn Rovers<\/a> manager <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/scotland\/47873\/steve-kean\">Steve Kean<\/a> will allow <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/new-zealand\/6703\/ryan-nelsen\">Ryan Nelsen<\/a> to return to New Zealand this week if the defender wants to visit his family after the country suffered a terrible earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>Nelsen will miss next weekend\u2019s match against Fulham anyway after being sent off against Aston Villa and Kean revealed he had already discussed the defender flying home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve already said to Ryan that if he wants to go back to let me know,\u201d he told the club\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe good thing for him is that all of his family are okay, he&#8217;s on the phone to them supporting them through this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nelsen\u2019s red card capped a tough week for the New Zealand international but Kean was quick to praise the commitment shown by his captain in tough conditions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been a really tough week for Ryan obviously with all the commotion back home. He has shown total professionalism, he&#8217;s trained every day and really wanted to play.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So the sending off rounded off a bad week for him, but his general play and the manner in which he has conducted himself and trained has been tremendous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Being without Nelsen will be tough for Rovers but there was some positive news for Kean around fellow central defender Chris Samba ahead of the trip to Fulham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fortunately for us we&#8217;ll have Chris back next weekend as he missed the match against Aston Villa with a virus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The doctor tells us he&#8217;s making good progress.&#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\/055c434e115420_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/02\/28\/2373597\/blackburn-rovers-defender-ryan-nelsen-can-return-home-to\" title=\"Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Nelsen can return home to visit earthquake-hit New Zealand\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Nelsen can return home to visit earthquake-hit New Zealand<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Fisher 28 Feb 2011 23:03:00 Ryan Nelsen of Blackburn(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean will allow Ryan Nelsen to return to New Zealand this week if the defender wants to visit his family after the country suffered a terrible earthquake. Nelsen will miss next weekend\u2019s match against Fulham anyway after being sent off against Aston Villa and Kean revealed he had already discussed the defender flying home. <\/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-284895","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>Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Nelsen can return home to visit earthquake-hit New Zealand - 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\/blackburn-rovers-defender-ryan-nelsen-can-return-home-to-visit-earthquake-hit-new-zealand\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Blackburn Rovers defender Ryan Nelsen can return home to visit earthquake-hit New Zealand - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Fisher 28 Feb 2011 23:03:00 Ryan Nelsen of Blackburn(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Blackburn Rovers manager Steve Kean will allow Ryan Nelsen to return to New Zealand this week if the defender wants to visit his family after the country suffered a terrible earthquake. 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