{"id":2521,"date":"2019-09-03T13:27:22","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T13:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2019-09-03T13:27:56","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T13:27:56","slug":"ghanas-jeremie-frimpong-joins-scottish-giant-celtic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/ghanas-jeremie-frimpong-joins-scottish-giant-celtic","title":{"rendered":"Ghana&#8217;s Jeremie Frimpong joins Scottish giant Celtic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Manchester City defender Jeremie Frimpong has joined Scottish side Celtic FC on a four-year deal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The dutch-born of Ghanaian descent completed his move to Celtic on transfer deadline day, counting himself &#8220;lucky&#8221; for the move.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 18 year left-back, who can also play as a left-sided midfielder,\u00a0has been in City&#8217;s youth system for three years and was part of the side which reached the quarter-finals of the EFL Trophy last season.<br \/>\n&#8220;It feels amazing to have joined Celtic. 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