{"id":301629,"date":"2017-03-14T09:42:18","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T09:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=301629"},"modified":"2017-03-14T09:42:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T09:42:18","slug":"essien-joins-persib-fc-in-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=301629","title":{"rendered":"Essien joins Persib FC in Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Black Stars and Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien has joined Indonesian side, Persib FC on a two-year deal.<\/p>\n<p>Essien has not been without a club since leaving Panathinaikos in 2016 but just last week, talks went on between Essien and representatives of the club and a suitable deal was struck.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chelsea man was unveiled today at the team\u2019s Gelora Bandung Lautan Api Stadium in Bandung.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-301631 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/micheal-essien-3.jpg\" alt=\"micheal-essien-3\" width=\"413\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He has headed back to London and he will return to Indonesia in 10 days to join the team.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesian football authorities are planning a major incursion into World Cup and they want to host the World Cup in 15 years so they believe Essien\u2019s capture will help drive that move.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-301633 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/micheal-essien-2.jpg\" alt=\"micheal-essien-2\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Persib, who won the Indonesian league in 2014, are currently top of the Indonesian League after three matches.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nathan Quao\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Black Stars and Chelsea midfielder Michael Essien has joined Indonesian side, Persib FC on a two-year deal. Essien has not been without a club since leaving Panathinaikos in 2016 but just last week, talks went on between Essien and representatives of the club and a suitable deal was struck. The former Chelsea man was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[564,4406,5033,3],"class_list":["post-301629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-citi-sports","tag-essien","tag-essien-joins-persib-fc-in-indonesia","tag-ghana-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=301629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=301629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=301629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=301629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}