{"id":381377,"date":"2011-04-18T15:22:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/18\/fulham-midfielder-steve-sidwell-signs-three-year-contract-extension\/"},"modified":"2011-04-18T15:22:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T15:22:00","slug":"fulham-midfielder-steve-sidwell-signs-three-year-contract-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/18\/fulham-midfielder-steve-sidwell-signs-three-year-contract-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell signs three-year contract extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Alex Richards<\/h3>\n<h4>18 Apr 2011 16:22:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"67.9992240041\">\n<div readability=\"17.922705314\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EPL,Steve Sidwell,Raul Meireles,Liverpool vs Fulham(Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/8daf122532_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>EPL,Steve Sidwell,Raul Meireles,Liverpool vs Fulham(Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"29.6426332288\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/101\/fulham\">Fulham<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/12610\/steve-sidwell\">Steve Sidwell<\/a> has put pen to paper on a contract extension with Mark Hughes side, which will see the former Aston Villa, Chelsea and Reading midfielder stay at Craven Cottage until the summer of 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Sidwell arrived at Craven Cottage after being deemed surplus to requirements by Gerard Houllier at Aston Villa, and in the absence of Dickson Etuhu due to injury, has grasped his chance to perform in the Premier League on a regular basis once more, and has now signed a new long-term deal at the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m delighted to be tied down for another three years,\u201d he told the club&#8217;s official website<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main objective was to come here in January and prove myself to get a contract. Now that\u2019s been done I\u2019m not going to sit on my laurels, I\u2019m hopefully going to kick on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was fortunate enough to get a chance to play due to the injury to Dickson, but then on the flipside it was my turn to be injured. So it\u2019s been a bit up and down but on the whole I\u2019ve settled in well. I\u2019d like to thank the management and the people upstairs. I\u2019m delighted to be here for three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitially it was like a trial period and it was down to me to prove myself,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It\u2019s gone well and there\u2019s still a lot more to come from me \u2013 so hopefully given the opportunities and chances I can do well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d like to help in the progress of the Club and take it where the management and the owner want to take it. This has been a transitional year compared to the success the Club had last year. But I\u2019ll be hoping to take each year as it comes and progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/8daf122532_news-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read more:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/04\/18\/2447231\/fulham-midfielder-steve-sidwell-signs-three-year-contract\" title=\"Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell signs three-year contract extension\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell signs three-year contract extension<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Alex Richards 18 Apr 2011 16:22:00 EPL,Steve Sidwell,Raul Meireles,Liverpool vs Fulham(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell has put pen to paper on a contract extension with Mark Hughes side, which will see the former Aston Villa, Chelsea and Reading midfielder stay at Craven Cottage until the summer of 2014. Sidwell arrived at Craven Cottage after being deemed surplus to requirements by Gerard Houllier at Aston Villa, and in the absence of Dickson Etuhu due to injury, has grasped his chance to perform in the Premier League on a regular basis once more, and has now signed a new long-term deal at the club. \u201cI\u2019m delighted to be tied down for another three years,\u201d he told the club&#8217;s official website . <\/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-381377","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>Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell signs three-year contract extension - 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\/04\/18\/fulham-midfielder-steve-sidwell-signs-three-year-contract-extension\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell signs three-year contract extension - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Alex Richards 18 Apr 2011 16:22:00 EPL,Steve Sidwell,Raul Meireles,Liverpool vs Fulham(Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Fulham midfielder Steve Sidwell has put pen to paper on a contract extension with Mark Hughes side, which will see the former Aston Villa, Chelsea and Reading midfielder stay at Craven Cottage until the summer of 2014. 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