{"id":351254,"date":"2011-03-31T09:34:02","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T09:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/31\/robert-pires-ponders-his-prospects\/"},"modified":"2011-03-31T09:34:02","modified_gmt":"2011-03-31T09:34:02","slug":"robert-pires-ponders-his-prospects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/31\/robert-pires-ponders-his-prospects\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert  Pires Ponders His Prospects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div> Robert Pires is weighing up whether to retire or to play abroad when his short-term contract with Aston Villa expires this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The former Arsenal midfielder signed a six-month contract before Christmas and has made only a handful of appearances for the midlands club.<\/p>\n<p>Pires is 37 and will weight up all his options at the end of the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I&#8217;m still playing in the Premier League so I get noticed. People haven&#8217;t forgotten about me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m prepared to retire in May if that&#8217;s what it comes to.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I am also ready to go wherever an interesting proposition comes along &#8211; be it Qatar or the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve even had an offer from Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But it&#8217;s a case of one thing at a time and I&#8217;ll look at that at the end of the season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pires insists he never joined Villa for financial gain.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I always look at the sporting challenge &#8211; as I always have.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At Villa, I&#8217;m paid on a match-by-match basis with a small fixed salary, so I didn&#8217;t come here for the money.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_1974-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is the original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/sports\/201103\/149273.php\" title=\"Robert  Pires Ponders His Prospects\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Robert  Pires Ponders His Prospects<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Robert Pires is weighing up whether to retire or to play abroad when his short-term contract with Aston Villa expires this summer. The former Arsenal midfielder signed a six-month contract before Christmas and has made only a handful of appearances for the midlands club. 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