{"id":467051,"date":"2018-02-23T20:54:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T20:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/wafa-signs-yiadom-in-a-three-year-deal\/"},"modified":"2018-02-23T20:54:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T20:54:55","slug":"wafa-signs-yiadom-in-a-three-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/23\/wafa-signs-yiadom-in-a-three-year-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"WAFA signs Yiadom in a three-year deal"},"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, 23 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Goal.com <\/p>\n<p>2018-02-23<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/71451448.295.jpg\" alt=\"Konadu Yiadom\" title=\"Konadu Yiadom\" width=\"295\" height=\"245\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>WAFA have confirmed the signing of defender Konadu Yiadom<\/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\/2018\/02\/1519419294_307_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana Premier League side WAFA have confirmed the signing of defender Konadu Yiadom from third-tier side Tema United in a three-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old, who caught the eye of the Sogakope-based club last season, impressed the technical team after having a two-week trial with them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wafa Academy is happy to announce the arrival of Konadu Yiadom. He is a young player with a lot of prospects and we believe he will have a good time here just like his predecessors,&#8221; a club statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Yiadom also expressed his happiness after joining the club and revealed that he hopes to earn first team spot soon in order to win a foreign contract.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m happy of course and believe I made the best of decisions,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have heard many good things about this club including players who have gotten better offers outside the country and hope to follow their footsteps.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, I&#8217;ll like to earn a starting place before I aim at having a deal to Europe. I want to play as many games as possible to help my development,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>With defender Ibrahim Abukari injured and ruled out for almost three months, Yiadom is expected to partner Musah Nuhu as the two centre-backs in Wafa&#8217;s set-up ahead of the new season.<\/p>\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\/53372278.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of Goal.com &#8211; the world&#8217;s largest football website.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Comments:<\/strong><br \/>\nThis article has no comments yet, be the first to comment\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 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, 23 February 2018 Source: Goal.com 2018-02-23 WAFA have confirmed the signing of defender Konadu Yiadom Ghana Premier League side WAFA have confirmed the signing of defender Konadu Yiadom from third-tier side Tema United in a three-year deal. 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