{"id":235847,"date":"2024-10-20T17:35:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T17:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/20\/leicester-city-coach-steve-cooper-hints-at-new-role-for-fatawu-issahaku-after-impressive-display\/"},"modified":"2024-10-20T17:35:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T17:35:12","slug":"leicester-city-coach-steve-cooper-hints-at-new-role-for-fatawu-issahaku-after-impressive-display","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/20\/leicester-city-coach-steve-cooper-hints-at-new-role-for-fatawu-issahaku-after-impressive-display\/","title":{"rendered":"Leicester City coach Steve Cooper hints at new role for Fatawu Issahaku after impressive display"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/834\/83454884.295.jpg\" alt=\"Black Stars forward, Fatawu Issahaku\" title=\"Black Stars forward, Fatawu Issahaku\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Stars forward, Fatawu Issahaku<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Leicester City manager Steve Cooper has hinted that Abdul Fatawu Issahaku could be used as an attacking right-back in future matches after the Ghanaian\u2019s influential performance in their remarkable comeback against Southampton.<\/p>\n<p>Fatawu was brought on for Victor Kristiansen with Leicester trailing 2-0 at St. Mary\u2019s Stadium. The 20-year-old took on a high full-back role, contributing to all three of Leicester\u2019s goals in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>From his advanced position, the Black Stars attacker set up the first goal, played a key role in forcing the second, and won the corner that led to the third. <\/p>\n<p>Though he hasn\u2019t started a Premier League match since August, Cooper acknowledged that Fatawu&#8217;s defensive work rate, combined with his attacking threat, makes him a strong option in this role.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a really exciting young player, he did brilliantly for the club last year, and he\u2019s quickly becoming an exciting Premier League player as well. We\u2019re just in that little transition with him, developing his game to add more variety,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n<p>The manager also praised Fatawu\u2019s willingness to track back: \u201cYou saw the exciting bits of Abdul\u2019s play today, but he\u2019s happy to run back just as quickly, which is not always a trait for a player of his profile.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars forward, Fatawu Issahaku Leicester City manager Steve Cooper has hinted that Abdul Fatawu Issahaku could be used as an attacking right-back in future matches after the Ghanaian\u2019s influential performance in their remarkable comeback against Southampton. Fatawu was brought on for Victor Kristiansen with Leicester trailing 2-0 at St. Mary\u2019s Stadium. The 20-year-old took [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":235848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Leicester City coach Steve Cooper hints at new role for Fatawu Issahaku after impressive display - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/20\/leicester-city-coach-steve-cooper-hints-at-new-role-for-fatawu-issahaku-after-impressive-display\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leicester City coach Steve Cooper hints at new role for Fatawu Issahaku after impressive display - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Black Stars forward, Fatawu Issahaku Leicester City manager Steve Cooper has hinted that Abdul Fatawu Issahaku could be used as an attacking right-back in future matches after the Ghanaian\u2019s influential performance in their remarkable comeback against Southampton. 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