{"id":441762,"date":"2011-06-15T19:16:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T19:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/15\/panathinaikos-forward-sidney-govou-eyes-move-to-premier-league\/"},"modified":"2011-06-15T19:16:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-15T19:16:00","slug":"panathinaikos-forward-sidney-govou-eyes-move-to-premier-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/15\/panathinaikos-forward-sidney-govou-eyes-move-to-premier-league\/","title":{"rendered":"Panathinaikos forward Sidney Govou eyes move to Premier League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Kevin Laign<\/h3>\n<h4>15 Jun 2011 20:16:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"69.4817767654\">\n<div readability=\"18.9217391304\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ligue 1 : Sydney Govou (Lyon)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/97700\/97704_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ligue 1 : Sydney Govou (Lyon)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"10.5592948718\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/greece\/364\/panathinaikos\">Panathinaikos<\/a> forward <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/france\/790\/sidney-govou\">Sidney Govou<\/a> has decided that now is the right time to take on a new challenge, after only one season in Greece.<\/p>\n<p>The former France international and Lyon star has been on the radar of Ligue 1 newcomers Evian-Thono-Gaillard, however it seems more likely that the player will move to the Premier League over a return to France after stating his desire to play in England.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <em>L&#8217;Equipe<\/em>, Govou described his time in Greece and revealed his intentions for the future. He stated: &#8220;I don&#8217;t regret my season here. I have learnt a lot.&#8221;<span class=\"lingo_region\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to leave as a free agent and Pana will not block my departure<\/p>\n<p><\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When asked about the approaches of the newly-promoted Ligue 1 side, he responded: &#8220;Evian-Thonon-Gaillard? We will have to study the project of the club and the project they have for me.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Money? At 32 years of age it is obvious that I will not be able to ask for much as I am earning at Pana, that would be impossible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The player then went on to make his desirable next stop clear, stating: &#8220;I have always wanted to play in the Premier League.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more from the original source:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/15\/2533717\/panathinaikos-forward-sidney-govou-eyes-move-to-premier\" title=\"Panathinaikos forward Sidney Govou eyes move to Premier League\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Panathinaikos forward Sidney Govou eyes move to Premier League<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Kevin Laign 15 Jun 2011 20:16:00 Ligue 1 : Sydney Govou (Lyon) Related Links Teams Players Panathinaikos forward Sidney Govou has decided that now is the right time to take on a new challenge, after only one season in Greece. The former France international and Lyon star has been on the radar of Ligue 1 newcomers Evian-Thono-Gaillard, however it seems more likely that the player will move to the Premier League over a return to France after stating his desire to play in England. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":441763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-441762","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>Panathinaikos forward Sidney Govou eyes move to Premier League - 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\/06\/15\/panathinaikos-forward-sidney-govou-eyes-move-to-premier-league\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Panathinaikos forward Sidney Govou eyes move to Premier League - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Kevin Laign 15 Jun 2011 20:16:00 Ligue 1 : Sydney Govou (Lyon) Related Links Teams Players Panathinaikos forward Sidney Govou has decided that now is the right time to take on a new challenge, after only one season in Greece. 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