{"id":403937,"date":"2017-07-21T14:18:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T14:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/christian-atsus-agent-welcomes-change-of-timing-for-africa-cup-of-nations\/"},"modified":"2017-07-21T14:18:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T14:18:21","slug":"christian-atsus-agent-welcomes-change-of-timing-for-africa-cup-of-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/21\/christian-atsus-agent-welcomes-change-of-timing-for-africa-cup-of-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Christian Atsu&#8217;s agent welcomes change of timing for Africa Cup of Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 21 July 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-07-21<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/84134784.295.jpg\" alt=\"Christian Atsu Ghana\" title=\"Christian Atsu Ghana\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Christian Atsu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=149916385178506\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=149916385178506\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/1500646701_908_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Christian Atsu&#8217;s agent Saif Rubie has hailed the change of timing for the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>The continent ruling body ruled on Thursday in Rabat, Morocco that the tournament will now be played between June and July.<\/p>\n<p>The latest move from African football chiefs have been largely hailed for football agents who have been frustrated in securing European deals for African players.<\/p>\n<p>And Saif Rubie,  who specialises in brokering deals for African players, said the tournament&#8217;s timing had a bearing on transfer deals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Some clubs 100% told me they would not bring in a player if they were tied to the Cup of Nations. 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