{"id":450769,"date":"2017-12-29T09:24:51","date_gmt":"2017-12-29T09:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/mumuni-abubakar-loaned-out-to-south-african-lower-tier-side\/"},"modified":"2017-12-29T09:24:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-29T09:24:51","slug":"mumuni-abubakar-loaned-out-to-south-african-lower-tier-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/29\/mumuni-abubakar-loaned-out-to-south-african-lower-tier-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Mumuni Abubakar loaned out to South African lower tier side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Friday, 29 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>footballghana.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-29<\/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\/68562817.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mumuni Abubakar\" title=\"Mumuni Abubakar\" width=\"295\" height=\"368\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mumuni Abubakar<\/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=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514539491_164_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Ghana and Free State Stars midfielder Mumuni Abubakar has been sent to South African second tier league side Richards Bay FC on loan.<\/p>\n<p>The former Ghana U20 captain has struggled to make a mark at the PSL side and Free State Stars are said to be hankering to replace him with Kaizer Chiefs winger William Twala.<\/p>\n<p>His new Club Richards Bay FC announced the move which will see 24-year old  workaholic midfielder  reunited with coach Jean Francois Loscuito, who he worked with at Leopards when they reached the PSL play-offs last season, along with Sphelele Mkhulise and Khaya Shozi, who were on loan from Mamelodi Sundowns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have signed Mumuni Abubakar from Free State Stars on loan until the end of the season,\u201d Richards Bay chairman Sfiso Biyela tells as quoted by  KickOff.com.<\/p>\n<p>The former New Edubiase star has been reduced to little game-time since he joined Ea Lla Koto from Black Leopards at the beginning of the season, with only three Absa Premiership appearances to his name so far, but will be hoping for an increase in minutes under his belt in the NFD<\/p>\n<p>He sparked controversy when he refused a contract extension from  Black Leopards after they  failed to secure promotion to the ABSA Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Mumuni Abubakar was tipped for greatness when he earned a trial session with English Premier League side Liverpool in January 2012.<\/p>\n<p>He was adjudged the \u201c2010-2011 PremiershipPlayer of the Year\u201d according to the Sports Writers Association of Ghana (SWAG) but  has struggled to shine abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Abubakar was transferred to Mamelodi Sundowns from then Ghana Premier League side New Edubiase United In 2012 but saw his  has  brightening career got blighted by injuries.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 56 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\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>Sports News of Friday, 29 December 2017 Source: footballghana.com 2017-12-29 Mumuni Abubakar Ghana and Free State Stars midfielder Mumuni Abubakar has been sent to South African second tier league side Richards Bay FC on loan. 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