{"id":288257,"date":"2011-03-03T16:43:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T16:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/03\/delph-signs-extension-with-villa\/"},"modified":"2011-03-03T16:43:50","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T16:43:50","slug":"delph-signs-extension-with-villa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/03\/delph-signs-extension-with-villa\/","title":{"rendered":"Delph signs extension with Villa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div>\n                        <!-- S BO --><br \/>\n<!-- S IIMA --><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"226\" cellpadding=\"0\" readability=\"1\">\n<tr readability=\"2\">\n<td readability=\"4\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fb856da1011427712-1.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"282\" alt=\"Fabian Delph\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Delph made 15 appearances for the Villains last season<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- E IIMA --><!-- S SF --><\/p>\n<p><b>Aston Villa midfielder Fabian Delph has signed a new four-year contract which will keep him at Villa Park until 2015.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 21-year-old arrived from Leeds in August 2009 in a deal rumoured to be worth up to \u00a38m. <\/p>\n<p>His progress at Villa was checked after he ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during a training session in April. <\/p>\n<p>He suffered a set-back after returning against Tottenham on Boxing Day but has played in Villa&#8217;s last two matches. <\/p>\n<p><!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<p>Delph came off the bench to fill in at left-back for the <\/p>\n<p>         <!-- S ILIN --><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/eng_prem\/9404335.stm\">4-1 win over Blackburn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- E ILIN --><\/p>\n<p> after Nathan Baker was forced off with concussion and continued in the role for Wednesday&#8217;s <\/p>\n<p>         <!-- S ILIN --><\/p>\n<p>            <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/sport2\/hi\/football\/fa_cup\/9410462.stm\">FA Cup defeat by Manchester City.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- E ILIN --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am absolutely delighted. The club has shown great commitment in me by offering me this deal and I was more than happy to sign it,&#8221; said Delph. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to push on now, improve and play a part as we look to finish the season on a high and build for next season.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Villa manager Gerard Houllier believes that Delph&#8217;s contract extension shows the strong relationship between club and player. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are very confident he will become a very good player for Aston Villa. The fact he signed the contract means he trusts us too,&#8221; he said.\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fb856da1011427712-1-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/football\/teams\/a\/aston_villa\/9413411.stm\" title=\"Delph signs extension with Villa\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Delph signs extension with Villa<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Delph made 15 appearances for the Villains last season Aston Villa midfielder Fabian Delph has signed a new four-year contract which will keep him at Villa Park until 2015. <\/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-288257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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