{"id":411240,"date":"2017-08-13T22:31:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T22:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/13\/birmingham-city-on-red-alert-as-torino-replaces-afriyie-acquah\/"},"modified":"2017-08-13T22:31:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-13T22:31:03","slug":"birmingham-city-on-red-alert-as-torino-replaces-afriyie-acquah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/13\/birmingham-city-on-red-alert-as-torino-replaces-afriyie-acquah\/","title":{"rendered":"Birmingham City on red alert as Torino replaces Afriyie Acquah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday, 13 August 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-08-13<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/14086798.295.jpg\" alt=\"Afriyie Acquah Sulley\" title=\"Afriyie Acquah Sulley\" width=\"295\" height=\"285\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Afriyie Acquah in white comes under a tackle from fellow Ghana International, Sulley Muntari<\/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\/1502663463_606_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Birmingham City are on the red alert for Afriyie Acquah after his Italian club Torino bought Tomas Ricon from Juventus as the replacement for the want-away Ghana midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>Acquah looks to be on his way out of Torino following the arrival of Ricon after Birmingham City slapped in an offer of \u20ac8m to Torino for their Ghanaian midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>With the arrival of Ricon, Torino will now be comfortable with Acquah&#8217;s likely departure as it will now give them the chance to consider the offer on the English club.<\/p>\n<p>Torino insiders have now told Ghanasoccernet.com they will consider an improved Birmingham City bid for the Ghana midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after Torino paid a loan fee of \u20ac3million to sign Venezuelan defensive midfielder Tomas Rincon from Juventus with the option of making it permanent for \u20ac6million at the end of campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Acquah has been linked with a move away from the Grenades in the ongoing summer transfer window following a stellar performance in the Italian Serie A last term.<\/p>\n<p>The Championship side tabled the offer late on Tuesday night as they seek grab the experienced player to shore up their midfield and prevent clubs in the Serie A from signing him.<\/p>\n<p>The Italian top-flight are considering the offer from Birmingham as they seek to maximise the revenue if they decide to sell their highly cherished 25-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana&#8217;s leading football news outfit Ghanasoccernet.com understands that Acquah has already accepted the personal terms proposed by Birmingham.<\/p>\n<p>The sticking point remains that Torino must accept the offer by the Blues before they can confidently grab the Ghanaian player who is wanted by top clubs in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Harry Redknapp has turned to another Ghanaian just one week after Emmanuel Agyemang Badu snubbed his offer to move to Turkey to sign for Bursaspor.<\/p>\n<p>Acquah is seen as the perfect replacement for Agyemang-Badu having played 20 matches and scored two goal for Torino even though he was sent off three times.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder has spent most of his playing career in Italy as he featured for Palermo, Parma and Sampdoria before joining Torino for \u20ac3.1m in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>He also spent a short loan stint with German Bundesliga side with Hoffenheim.<\/p>\n<p>Acquah qualifies for an automatic work permit to play in England as the consistent member of the Ghana national team has 28 caps and one goal.<\/p>\n<p>Acquah played full throttle for the side in their 7-1 victory over Trapani Calcio in the Coppa Italia round of 32 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; 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