{"id":42352,"date":"2023-09-08T14:58:08","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T14:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=42352"},"modified":"2023-09-08T13:51:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:51:23","slug":"musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia","title":{"rendered":"Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Gambia striker Musa Barrow has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Taawoun on a three-year deal, signing from Italian Serie A side Bologna.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Barrow is the third Gambian to join the emerging Saudi Pro League this summer after his compatriots Assan Ceesay and Muhammed Badamosi moved there earlier in the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Musa joined Bologna from Atalanta whom he signed for first as a youth team player from Hawks in the Gambian league. He went on to impress at youth level before making his professional debut and his subsequent move to Bologna.<\/p>\n<p>After the completion of the deal, Barrow is now expected to travel to Morocco to link up with his Scorpions teammates ahead of the crucial TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Congo, with Tom Saintfiet\u2019s charges needing only a point to secure their second straight Afcon appearance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Gambia striker Musa Barrow has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Taawoun on a three-year deal, signing from Italian Serie A side Bologna. Barrow is the third Gambian to join the emerging Saudi Pro League this summer after his compatriots Assan Ceesay and Muhammed Badamosi moved there earlier in the transfer window. Musa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":42351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-42352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gambia striker Musa Barrow has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Taawoun on a three-year deal, signing from Italian Serie ...\" \/>\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.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gambia striker Musa Barrow has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Taawoun on a three-year deal, signing from Italian Serie ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-09-08T14:58:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/09\/sm_1694168359.954636.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-08T14:58:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia\"},\"wordCount\":158,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/09\/sm_1694168359.954636.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia\",\"name\":\"Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia - Gambia\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/09\/sm_1694168359.954636.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-09-08T14:58:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Gambia striker Musa Barrow has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Taawoun on a three-year deal, signing from Italian Serie ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/09\/sm_1694168359.954636.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/09\/sm_1694168359.954636.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/\",\"name\":\"Gambia\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia - Gambia","description":"Gambia striker Musa Barrow has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Taawoun on a three-year deal, signing from Italian Serie ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia","og_description":"Gambia striker Musa Barrow has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Taawoun on a three-year deal, signing from Italian Serie ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia","og_site_name":"Gambia","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2023-09-08T14:58:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/09\/sm_1694168359.954636.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia","datePublished":"2023-09-08T14:58:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia"},"wordCount":158,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/09\/sm_1694168359.954636.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Gambia","Gambia"],"articleSection":["all news","sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia","name":"Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia - Gambia","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/09\/sm_1694168359.954636.jpg","datePublished":"2023-09-08T14:58:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Gambia striker Musa Barrow has joined Saudi Arabian side Al Taawoun on a three-year deal, signing from Italian Serie ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/09\/sm_1694168359.954636.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/09\/sm_1694168359.954636.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/musa-barrow-moves-to-saudi-arabia#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Musa Barrow moves to Saudi Arabia"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/","name":"Gambia","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}