{"id":260071,"date":"2015-03-06T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/cobbinah-saudi-arabia-league-is-great\/"},"modified":"2015-03-06T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T18:30:00","slug":"cobbinah-saudi-arabia-league-is-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/03\/06\/cobbinah-saudi-arabia-league-is-great\/","title":{"rendered":"Cobbinah: Saudi Arabia league is great"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Soccer News of Friday, 6 March 2015<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.ghanamma.com\/uploads\/2015\/03\/fd7a83894469.jpg\" alt=\"Football Legs Soccer\" title=\"Football Legs Soccer\" width=\"230\" height=\"230\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> Ghanaian midfielder Winful Cobbinah has emphasized that the standard of the Saudi Premier League is as competitive as other leagues around the world and believes he could excel there.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old joined Najran SC, who are based in southwestern Saudi Arabia, last year, scoring three goals in his first four games to become one of the team\u2019s key players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting an explosive start by scoring some crucial goals when I signed for Najran is the work of God and determination on my side. I\u2019m very glad to be here and though this is just a stepping stone, it will help me get to my peak for a big move\u201d Cobbinah told Goal on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe standard of the league is high. We have big and well established teams here with good players as well. There is a huge influx of players from Europe, South America and Africa. I think our league is very competitive,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cobbinah, who scored a memorable goal for Hearts of Oak against Kumasi Asante Kotoko last season, said he would work hard in order to land a big deal at a top club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to do well at this club, help them win titles and get to my peak before I go to a bigger club next season. I have some club\u2019s in mind but that will be personal for now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy coaches, the supporters and the people here are nice to me and I am enjoying a little bit of myself here. A little bit because here is not like Ghana they have their own rules,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants of the South finished 11th last season.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 6 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Soccer News of Friday, 6 March 2015 Source: Goal.com Ghanaian midfielder Winful Cobbinah has emphasized that the standard&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260071\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2015\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}