{"id":451118,"date":"2011-06-30T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-30T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/30\/official-celtic-to-sign-midfielder-victor-wanyama\/"},"modified":"2011-06-30T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-30T15:34:00","slug":"official-celtic-to-sign-midfielder-victor-wanyama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/30\/official-celtic-to-sign-midfielder-victor-wanyama\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Celtic to sign midfielder Victor Wanyama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By George Ankers<\/h3>\n<h4>30 Jun 2011 16:34:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"60.2849740933\">\n<div readability=\"21.3230769231\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scottish Cup Final : Neil Lennon, Celtic v Motherwell\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/132200\/132232_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scottish Cup Final : Neil Lennon, Celtic v Motherwell<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"16.4204545455\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/scotland\/265\/celtic\">Celtic<\/a> have announced the signing of Kenyan midfielder Victor Wanyama from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/belgium\/670\/germinal-beerschot\">Germinal Beerschot<\/a>, subject to a work permit and medical.<\/p>\n<p>The club confirmed that they have agreed a fee and personal terms and now must wait for official ratification of the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-year-old Wanyama, the brother of Inter midfielder McDonald Mariga, has long been a target for manager Neil Lennon, who made an attempt to sign him last summer but was rebuffed by Beerschot.<\/p>\n<p>The defensive midfielder spent three years in Belgium with Beerschot, making 50 league appearances.<\/p>\n<p>And since making his international debut in 2009, Wanyama has established himself in the Kenya side, playing in all six of their World Cup 2010 qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit site:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2932\/spl\/2011\/06\/30\/2554777\/official-celtic-to-sign-midfielder-victor-wanyama\" title=\"Official: Celtic to sign midfielder Victor Wanyama\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official: Celtic to sign midfielder Victor Wanyama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By George Ankers 30 Jun 2011 16:34:00 Scottish Cup Final : Neil Lennon, Celtic v Motherwell Related Links Teams Celtic have announced the signing of Kenyan midfielder Victor Wanyama from Germinal Beerschot , subject to a work permit and medical. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":451119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-451118","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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