{"id":466348,"date":"2011-07-22T18:11:50","date_gmt":"2011-07-22T18:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/07\/22\/wanyama-snubbed-villa-for-success-with-celtic\/"},"modified":"2011-07-22T18:11:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-22T18:11:50","slug":"wanyama-snubbed-villa-for-success-with-celtic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/07\/22\/wanyama-snubbed-villa-for-success-with-celtic\/","title":{"rendered":"Wanyama Snubbed Villa For Success With Celtic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Victor Wanyama has chosen silverware with Celtic<\/a><\/abbr> rather than play in the Premier League with Aston Villa<\/a><\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

The 20-year-old Kenyan claims he snubbed Alex McLeish to sign a four-year contract for the Parkhead club in a deal reportedly worth \u00a3900,000 to Belgian club Germinal Beerschot.<\/p>\n

\u201cAston Villa<\/a><\/abbr> were interested but I chose to come here.<\/p>\n

\u201cI chose Celtic<\/a><\/abbr> because I really wanted to win trophies and Celtic<\/a><\/abbr> are a great club, an historical club.<\/p>\n

\u201cEuropean football was another reason. Aston Villa<\/a><\/abbr> aren\u2019t playing in the Europa League and Celtic<\/a><\/abbr> will be.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an easy choice for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wanyama chose number 67 to show his appreciation to the Celtic<\/a><\/abbr> team which beat Inter Milan<\/a><\/abbr> in the final of the European Cup in 1967.<\/p>\n

He revealed that he sought career advice from his brother, McDonald Mariga Wanyama \u2013 who plays for Inter.<\/p>\n

Wanyama added: \u201cI spoke to my brother and he helped me to choose Celtic<\/a><\/abbr>.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe told me this was a great step for me and I would have the chance to win trophies.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut he didn\u2019t know about 1967.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been reading<\/a><\/abbr> about Celtic<\/a><\/abbr>\u2019s history and it was me who told him about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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