{"id":443108,"date":"2017-12-02T17:51:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T17:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/former-man-utd-player-john-cofie-joins-derry-city\/"},"modified":"2017-12-02T17:51:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-02T17:51:43","slug":"former-man-utd-player-john-cofie-joins-derry-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/02\/former-man-utd-player-john-cofie-joins-derry-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Man Utd player John Cofie joins Derry City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/54728992.295.jpg\" alt=\"John Cofie2\" title=\"John Cofie2\" width=\"295\" height=\"196\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>From the left; Paul Pogba, Sam Johnstone, John Cofie and Jesse Lingard (down)<\/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=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512237103_437_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghanaian-born English striker John Cofie, has been signed by Derry City.<\/p>\n<p>The now 24-year-old player was bought by Manchester United for then world record of \u00a31m from Burnley when he was just 14 despite interest interest from Chelsea and Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>However he failed to reach his full potential and has been moving from one club to another in the last couple of years.<\/p>\n<p>Cofie played for Northern Premier League club Stalybridge Celtic before joining Derry City two days ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManchester United bought him, then he went to Royal Antwerp, Barnsley and Southport,\u201d said Derry team manager Kenny Shiels.<\/p>\n<p>Cofie\u2019s mates at the Manchester United youth team were Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard.<\/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>From the left; Paul Pogba, Sam Johnstone, John Cofie and Jesse Lingard (down) Ghanaian-born English striker John Cofie, has been signed by Derry City. 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