{"id":433794,"date":"2017-11-03T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T09:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/03\/minnesota-united-set-to-sign-thomas-abbey\/"},"modified":"2017-11-03T09:00:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T09:00:28","slug":"minnesota-united-set-to-sign-thomas-abbey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/03\/minnesota-united-set-to-sign-thomas-abbey\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota United set to sign Thomas Abbey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/72630700.295.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Abbey14\" title=\"Thomas Abbey14\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Hearts of Oak captain Thomas Abbey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150834795848671\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150834795848671\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1509699628_655_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Minnesota United FC are close to signing Hearts of Oak captain Thomas Abbey following his impressive displays this season, GHANAsoccernet.com can report.<\/p>\n<p>The MLS side are in advanced talks with the player&#8217;s representatives over a possible switch.<\/p>\n<p>GHANASoccernet.com understands Minnesota United FC will sign him as a Discovery Player which was used by Columbus Crew to sign Ghana midfielder Mohammed Abu.<\/p>\n<p>The Loons sent scouts to watch the talented winger twice this season.<\/p>\n<p>Abbey had a fascinating season after netting 13 goals and assisted four which aided Hearts of Oak to finish 3rd on the league table.<\/p>\n<p>He was also an integral member of the Black Stars B squad which won the 2017 WAFU Cup of Nations on home soil two months ago.<\/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>Hearts of Oak captain Thomas Abbey &#13; &#13; Minnesota United FC are close to signing Hearts of Oak captain Thomas Abbey following his impressive displays this season, GHANAsoccernet.com can report. The MLS side are in advanced talks with the player&#8217;s representatives over a possible switch. GHANASoccernet.com understands Minnesota United FC will sign him as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":400500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-433794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Minnesota United set to sign Thomas Abbey - 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\/2017\/11\/03\/minnesota-united-set-to-sign-thomas-abbey\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Minnesota United set to sign Thomas Abbey - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Hearts of Oak captain Thomas Abbey &#013; &#013; Minnesota United FC are close to signing Hearts of Oak captain Thomas Abbey following his impressive displays this season, GHANAsoccernet.com can report. 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