{"id":26674,"date":"2020-08-07T17:10:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T17:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=26674"},"modified":"2020-08-07T17:10:24","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T17:10:24","slug":"hearts-of-oak-release-striker-joseph-esso-and-four-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/hearts-of-oak-release-striker-joseph-esso-and-four-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Hearts of Oak release striker Joseph Esso and four others"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Hearts of Oak release striker Joseph Esso and four others<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Accra Hearts of Oak have mutually ended terms with five players after a club meeting on Friday.<\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe Ghanaian heavyweights decided not to extend the contract of Benjamin Agyare, Christopher Bonney, Aboubacar Traore, Bernard Arthur and Joseph Esso.<\/p>\n<p>Hearts of Oak refused to renew the contracts of Bonney, Arthur, Traore and Agyare, but Joseph Esso decided not to sign a new contract after the club refused to meet his GHC150,000 signing fee demands, the club is instead offering GHC 90,000.<\/p>\n<p>The five players are now free agents and will be looking for a new club before the season resumes.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Esso registered three goals in fourteen appearances for the Phobians.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hearts of Oak release striker Joseph Esso and four others Accra Hearts of Oak have mutually ended terms with five players after a club meeting on Friday. The Ghanaian heavyweights decided not to extend the contract of Benjamin Agyare, Christopher Bonney, Aboubacar Traore, Bernard Arthur and Joseph Esso. 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