{"id":430139,"date":"2011-05-25T18:54:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T18:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/25\/johan-elmander-reveals-he-left-bolton-wanderers-for-a-new-challenge\/"},"modified":"2011-05-25T18:54:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-25T18:54:00","slug":"johan-elmander-reveals-he-left-bolton-wanderers-for-a-new-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/25\/johan-elmander-reveals-he-left-bolton-wanderers-for-a-new-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Johan Elmander reveals he left Bolton Wanderers for a new challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Harry Veal<\/h3>\n<h4>25 May 2011 19:54:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.2512350035\">\n<div readability=\"16.9154228856\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"FA cup, Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers, Johan Elmander \" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/126100\/126110_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>FA cup, Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers, Johan Elmander<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"31.1152073733\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/sweden\/9780\/johan-elmander\">Johan Elmander<\/a> has revealed that he left <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/100\/bolton-wanderers\">Bolton Wanderers<\/a> in order to seek a new challenge.<\/p>\n<p>The Swedish striker was the club\u2019s record signing when he joined from Toulouse for \u00a38.2 million in June 2008, but he has decided to move on after his contract with the side ended, with Turkish side Galatasaray widely expected to complete a deal for the 29-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have had three good years at Bolton, especially the last 18 months, but the time is right for a new challenge,&#8221; he told Bolton\u2019s official website.<\/p>\n<p>Elmander has enjoyed a good run of form for the club this season, scoring 12 goals, and he paid tribute to Owen Coyle for helping him re-discover his form.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The manager Owen Coyle is one of the best I have worked with and he helped me re-ignite my hunger for the game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The club have also decided not to renew the contracts of Jlloyd Samuel, Joey O\u2019Brien, Tamir Cohen, Sam Sheridan, Mason McGeechan and Tom Eckersley.<\/p>\n<p>However, Robbie Blake has agreed a new 12-month contract extension, while the club are also in talks to keep Tope Obadeyi and Ricardo Gardner at the Reebok.<br \/><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/05\/25\/2503416\/johan-elmander-reveals-he-left-bolton-wanderers-for-a-new\" title=\"Johan Elmander reveals he left Bolton Wanderers for a new challenge\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Johan Elmander reveals he left Bolton Wanderers for a new challenge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Harry Veal 25 May 2011 19:54:00 FA cup, Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers, Johan Elmander Related Links Teams Players Johan Elmander has revealed that he left Bolton Wanderers in order to seek a new challenge. The Swedish striker was the club\u2019s record signing when he joined from Toulouse for \u00a38.2 million in June 2008, but he has decided to move on after his contract with the side ended, with Turkish side Galatasaray widely expected to complete a deal for the 29-year-old. &#8220;I have had three good years at Bolton, especially the last 18 months, but the time is right for a new challenge,&#8221; he told Bolton\u2019s 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-430139","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>Johan Elmander reveals he left Bolton Wanderers for a new challenge - 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\/25\/johan-elmander-reveals-he-left-bolton-wanderers-for-a-new-challenge\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Johan Elmander reveals he left Bolton Wanderers for a new challenge - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Harry Veal 25 May 2011 19:54:00 FA cup, Birmingham City and Bolton Wanderers, Johan Elmander Related Links Teams Players Johan Elmander has revealed that he left Bolton Wanderers in order to seek a new challenge. 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