{"id":96340,"date":"2023-08-31T17:40:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/31\/it-is-exciting-to-be-here\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T17:40:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:40:35","slug":"it-is-exciting-to-be-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/31\/it-is-exciting-to-be-here\/","title":{"rendered":"It is exciting to be here"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"555\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/download-15-696x555.png\"   alt=\"\" title=\"download\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abdul Fatawu Issahaku<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana youngster, Abdul Fatawu Issahaku, has expressed his excitement after joining English Championship side, Leicester City.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old joins the former Premier League champions on a season-long loan deal from Portuguese side, Sporting Lisbon.<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old arrives at the King Power Stadium having been left out of the Sporting\u2019s first-team plans this season.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy. This is an amazing moment for me, I\u2019m happy to be here. For me, from looking at Leicester and how I felt about the coach, here is the best place for me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the best moment for me to join Leicester. I chose them because I think they can grow me and help me mature. [Enzo Maresca] told me about the plans he has for me and how he wants me to play \u2013 how he wants to help me in my football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about his prospective debut for Leicester City against Hull City this weekend, he replied: \u201cThis is what I can\u2019t wait for, this moment. This will be the best moment for me in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Fatawu joined Sporting in April 2022, after the Portuguese club beat off competition to sign him from Ghanaian outfit Steadfast FC. 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