{"id":479877,"date":"2011-08-31T23:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T23:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/08\/31\/official-anton-ferdinand-completes-transfer-from-sunderland-to-qpr\/"},"modified":"2011-08-31T23:33:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T23:33:00","slug":"official-anton-ferdinand-completes-transfer-from-sunderland-to-qpr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/31\/official-anton-ferdinand-completes-transfer-from-sunderland-to-qpr\/","title":{"rendered":"Official: Anton Ferdinand completes transfer from Sunderland to QPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"51.4009345794\"><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/713\/qpr\">QPR<\/a> have completed the signing of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/537\/sunderland\">Sunderland<\/a> defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/england\/9804\/anton-ferdinand\">Anton Ferdinand<\/a>, with the former <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/374\/west-ham\">West Ham<\/a> centre-bacl penning a three-year contract at Loftus Road.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span readability=\"16\"><br \/>The return to London sees the defender arrive at the club where his cousin, Les Ferdinand, made his name.<\/p>\n<p>Last season&#8217;s Championship winners exploded into life during the transfer window following their takeover by Tony Ferdnandes, as the likes of Joey Barton, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Luke Young joined Neil Warnock&#8217;s men.<\/p>\n<p>The Loftus Road side had hoped to add Tottenham centre back Sebastien Bassong to their ranks as well, but a deal for the Cameroon international failed to materialise after Spurs lost their battle to sign Bolton&#8217;s Gary Cahill.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the club&#8217;s official website after completing the move, Ferdinand was clearly delighted, stating:&#8221;The Club&#8217;s moving forward and things seem to be buzzing around here at the moment.&#8221;<br \/><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"32\">\n<p><span data-bookmaker=\"Bet365\">Sign up with bet365 for a free bet up to \u00a3200<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/09\/01\/2645550\/official-anton-ferdinand-completes-transfer-from-sunderland\" title=\"Official: Anton Ferdinand completes transfer from Sunderland to QPR\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Official: Anton Ferdinand completes transfer from Sunderland to QPR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> QPR have completed the signing of Sunderland defender Anton Ferdinand , with the former West Ham centre-bacl penning a three-year contract at Loftus Road. The return to London sees the defender arrive at the club where his cousin, Les Ferdinand, made his name. Last season&#8217;s Championship winners exploded into life during the transfer window following their takeover by Tony Ferdnandes, as the likes of Joey Barton, Shaun Wright-Phillips and Luke Young joined Neil Warnock&#8217;s men<\/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-479877","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>Official: Anton Ferdinand completes transfer from Sunderland to QPR - 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\/08\/31\/official-anton-ferdinand-completes-transfer-from-sunderland-to-qpr\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Official: Anton Ferdinand completes transfer from Sunderland to QPR - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"QPR have completed the signing of Sunderland defender Anton Ferdinand , with the former West Ham centre-bacl penning a three-year contract at Loftus Road. 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