{"id":451863,"date":"2018-01-03T14:00:16","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T14:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/03\/samuel-akurugu-prefers-playing-for-lower-tier-side-than-hearts-of-oak\/"},"modified":"2018-01-03T14:00:16","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T14:00:16","slug":"samuel-akurugu-prefers-playing-for-lower-tier-side-than-hearts-of-oak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/03\/samuel-akurugu-prefers-playing-for-lower-tier-side-than-hearts-of-oak\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Akurugu prefers playing for lower-tier side than Hearts of Oak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/49399868.295.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel Akurugu For Hearts\" title=\"Samuel Akurugu For Hearts\" width=\"295\" height=\"180\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Samuel Akurugu has requested for contract termination at Hearts of Oak<\/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=151125813921649\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813921649\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/1514988016_207_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Hearts of Oak shot stopper Samuel Akurugu says he would prefer joining a lower-tier side than being at the club for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>The former Hasaacas glovesman has requested for contract termination after last season\u2019s Ghana Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>However, the club is yet to take a firm decision on whether to grant Akurugu\u2019s request.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter getting my card from Hearts of Oak, i will say a lot of things,\u201d he told Kumasi-based Angel FM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat i can say for now is,  i am not happy at the Hearts of Oak. They should consider my letter and release me, i will consider even playing for a Division club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The diminutive goalkeeper joins the Phobians two seasons ago from Hasaacas.<\/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>Samuel Akurugu has requested for contract termination at Hearts of Oak Hearts of Oak shot stopper Samuel Akurugu says he would prefer joining a lower-tier side than being at the club for the upcoming season. The former Hasaacas glovesman has requested for contract termination after last season\u2019s Ghana Premier League. However, the club is yet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":435253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-451863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451863"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451863\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}