{"id":449908,"date":"2017-12-24T21:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T21:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/stephen-appiah-is-the-most-humble-respected-man-in-ghana-football-boakye-yiadom\/"},"modified":"2017-12-24T21:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T21:00:29","slug":"stephen-appiah-is-the-most-humble-respected-man-in-ghana-football-boakye-yiadom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/stephen-appiah-is-the-most-humble-respected-man-in-ghana-football-boakye-yiadom\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Appiah is the most humble, respected man in Ghana football &#8211; Boakye-Yiadom"},"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, 24 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-24<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/30554710.295.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Appiah Sign\" title=\"Stephen Appiah Sign\" width=\"295\" height=\"220\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Stephen Appiah<\/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=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514149229_926_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Wishing Stephen Appiah a happy birthday on 24 December in a Tweet, striker Richmond Boakye-Yiadom described ex-Ghana captain as the most humble and respected man in Ghana football.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Star Belgrade striker further expressed his admiration for the former Juventus and Fernabache midfielder by describing the now 37-year old as a \u2018scorer of great goals\u2019, tweeting a video of Appiah&#8217;s equaliser in a famous Fenerbah\u00e7e SK 3-3 FC Schalke 2005\/06 Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>Boakye, himself a scorer of great goals, is currently relaxing in Accra ahead of the resumption of the season in Serbia.<\/p>\n<p>It is unlikely though that he will return Eastern Europe as offers for a January window transfers are pouring in for the striker who has scored 42 goals in the 2017 calendar year.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood Stade Rennais, Anderlecht and Besiktas have already made offers for the 24-year old.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">The most humble and respected man I know in Ghana football was a scorer of great goals. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HappyBirthday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HappyBirthday<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juventusfc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@juventusfc<\/a> ???????? legend &amp; former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackStars?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackStars<\/a> captain, Stephen Appiah. https:\/\/t.co\/Q7N1m0Sge3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 R. Boakye-Yiadom (@Boakye_Yiadom9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Boakye_Yiadom9\/status\/944990061145350144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 24, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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