{"id":416085,"date":"2011-05-03T09:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/03\/premier-league-target-emilio-izaguirre-insists-he-wants-to-stay-at-celtic\/"},"modified":"2011-05-03T09:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-03T09:20:00","slug":"premier-league-target-emilio-izaguirre-insists-he-wants-to-stay-at-celtic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/03\/premier-league-target-emilio-izaguirre-insists-he-wants-to-stay-at-celtic\/","title":{"rendered":"Premier League target Emilio Izaguirre insists he wants to stay at Celtic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Richard Laverty<\/h3>\n<h4>3 May 2011 10:20:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"72.55\">\n<div readability=\"16.4333333333\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scottish Cup,Emilo Izaguirre,Aberdeen vs Celtic\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/130500\/130533_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scottish Cup,Emilo Izaguirre,Aberdeen vs Celtic<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"30.9172932331\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/scotland\/265\/celtic\">Celtic<\/a> full-back <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/honduras\/21392\/emilio-izaguirre\/profile\">Emilio Izaguirre<\/a> has suggested he will reject any proposed move to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\">Premier League<\/a> this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Honduran international, who has been named the PFA Player of the Year in Scotland, says he is happy with life in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>Neil Lennon would recoup a hefty profit on the \u00a3600,000 spent on the defender last summer should the likes of Manchester United, Liverpool or Aston Villa step up their reported interest, but Izaguirre says he has no intention of leaving Celtic Park.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me and my family, money is not the most important thing,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to win the league with Celtic. There is no money in the world that can replace that &#8211; you can\u2019t buy this kind of success. That\u2019s, for me, far more important, to keep winning titles and playing well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;First and foremost, I\u2019m just thinking about this season, the next four games and the cup final. That\u2019s where my focus lies. If, after that, we sit down and talk about a contract, that\u2019s fine. But I\u2019m signed to Celtic for the next three years and I\u2019m happy about that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He added: \u201cThe most amazing thing for me is to see my son, Emilio, so happy here. He is only two years old. Everybody here has treated us so well and I am happy to stay here. I would like to stay here.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2932\/spl\/2011\/05\/03\/2469193\/premier-league-target-emilio-izaguirre-insists-he-wants-to\" title=\"Premier League target Emilio Izaguirre insists he wants to stay at Celtic\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Premier League target Emilio Izaguirre insists he wants to stay at Celtic<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Richard Laverty 3 May 2011 10:20:00 Scottish Cup,Emilo Izaguirre,Aberdeen vs Celtic Related Links Teams Players Celtic full-back Emilio Izaguirre has suggested he will reject any proposed move to the Premier League this summer. The Honduran international, who has been named the PFA Player of the Year in Scotland, says he is happy with life in Glasgow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":416086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-416085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Premier League target Emilio Izaguirre insists he wants to stay at Celtic - 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\/05\/03\/premier-league-target-emilio-izaguirre-insists-he-wants-to-stay-at-celtic\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Premier League target Emilio Izaguirre insists he wants to stay at Celtic - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Richard Laverty 3 May 2011 10:20:00 Scottish Cup,Emilo Izaguirre,Aberdeen vs Celtic Related Links Teams Players Celtic full-back Emilio Izaguirre has suggested he will reject any proposed move to the Premier League this summer. 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