{"id":410762,"date":"2017-08-09T13:33:27","date_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/09\/afriyie-acquah-nears-birmingham-switch\/"},"modified":"2017-08-09T13:33:27","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T13:33:27","slug":"afriyie-acquah-nears-birmingham-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/09\/afriyie-acquah-nears-birmingham-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Afriyie Acquah nears Birmingham switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/90801180.295.jpg\" alt=\"Afriyie Acquah Gh\" title=\"Afriyie Acquah Gh\" width=\"295\" height=\"234\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Afriyie Acquah could be on his way to England<\/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=150106940086186\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150106940086186\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1502285607_581_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Afriyie Acquah could be on his way to England after Torino received an offer worth \u20ac8m (\u00a37.2m) from Birmingham City.<\/p>\n<p>The tough tackling midfielder is seen as the ideal man by manager Harry Redknapp to shore up his midfielder with tenacity and drive.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nRedknapp seems keen on a player of Acquah\u2019s profile having missed on compatriot Emmanuel Agyemang Badu.<\/p>\n<p>Sources indicate Acquah is delighted about the prospect of moving to England and that could be the decisive factor in sealing the deal to the Championship side.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder showed all the aspects in his game last season scoring 2 in 20 Serie A appearances and also seeing red in 3 games.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAcquah, who was an integral member of Ghana\u2019s squad that won silver at the 2015 Cup of Nations, has 28 caps and a goal to his credit.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afriyie Acquah could be on his way to England &#13; Afriyie Acquah could be on his way to England after Torino received an offer worth \u20ac8m (\u00a37.2m) from Birmingham City. 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