{"id":40372,"date":"2024-02-08T21:13:08","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T21:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=40372"},"modified":"2024-02-08T21:13:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T21:13:08","slug":"abdul-fatawu-issahaku-reveals-why-andre-ayew-is-his-idol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/abdul-fatawu-issahaku-reveals-why-andre-ayew-is-his-idol\/","title":{"rendered":"Abdul Fatawu Issahaku reveals why Andre Ayew is his Idol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ghanaian youngster Abdul Fatawu Issahaku revealed in an exclusive interview with Leicester City that he looked up to Ghana Black Stars captain Andre Ayew at the very beginning of his football career.<\/strong><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><br \/>\nThe player who is currently on loan at Leicester City from Sporting CP expressed his admiration for Andre Ayew and how it is a privilege to share same pitch with him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When I was coming up, I looked up to Andr\u00e9, I liked how he was playing and how much passion he had for football.&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was some players who played in the local league and I liked them too, but Ayew was my idol. I was really watching him. It was his playing style and his personality as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was always having passion for the game. He always gave his all to the team and, at that time, I just loved him. I wanted to be like him, and now I play with him for Ghana.<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><br \/>\n&#8220;I remember the first time I went to the senior national team and, when I met him, it was a privilege. I was so happy to be on the field with him. I used to just watch him in training.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was so amazing to be on a field with him. It was a great feeling to meet him. The most exciting part was, when I went there, he guided me. He started to give me advice about the game and how to improve.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He talks to you on the game and, even off the pitch, with me here, we still talk. He tells me what he would do and what, as a player, I should be doing and shouldn\u2019t be doing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abdul Fatwu has been crucial for Leicester this season, he has been involved in 10 goals in 24 appearances for the his side.<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>Ghanaian youngster Abdul Fatawu Issahaku revealed in an exclusive interview with Leicester City that he looked up to Ghana Black Stars captain Andre Ayew at the very beginning of his football career. The player who is currently on loan at Leicester City from Sporting CP expressed his admiration for Andre Ayew and how it is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8417,14057,3347],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-40372","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghana-football","9":"category-ghplayersabroad"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/aggatatsas.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-ava","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":45104,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ayew-and-fatawu-fire-leicester-city-to-dramatic-win-over-west-brom\/","url_meta":{"origin":40372,"position":0},"title":"Ayew and Fatawu Fire Leicester City to Dramatic Win Over West Brom","author":"Fortune Adza","date":"January 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghanaian duo Jordan Ayew and Abdul Fatawu Issahaku were the heroes for Leicester City on Monday night, combining to secure a hard-fought 2\u20131 victory over West Bromwich Albion in the English Championship. Playing at the King Power Stadium, Ayew gave the Foxes an early advantage in the 18th minute, reacting\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ghana Players Abroad&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ghana Players Abroad","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/ghplayersabroad\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FB_IMG_1767659213401.jpg?fit=960%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FB_IMG_1767659213401.jpg?fit=960%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FB_IMG_1767659213401.jpg?fit=960%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/FB_IMG_1767659213401.jpg?fit=960%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41509,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/otto-addo-speaks-on-the-omission-of-andre-ayew-from-ghana-squad\/","url_meta":{"origin":40372,"position":1},"title":"Otto Addo speaks on the omission of Andre Ayew from Ghana squad","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"May 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Andre Ayew was one of the notable players missing from the latest Ghana Black Stars squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Mali and the Central African Republic. Otto Addo revealed to the media he had a chat with Andre Ayew about his decision. \"I had a long talk with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Otto-Addo-and-Andre-Ayew.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Otto-Addo-and-Andre-Ayew.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Otto-Addo-and-Andre-Ayew.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Otto-Addo-and-Andre-Ayew.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Otto-Addo-and-Andre-Ayew.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40081,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2023-ayew-kudus-lamptey-make-final-list-as-partey-baba-rahman-issahaku-miss-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":40372,"position":2},"title":"AFCON 2023: Ayew, Kudus, Lamptey make final list as Partey, Baba Rahman, Issahaku miss out","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"January 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana coach Chris Hughton announced his final 27-man squad for the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast. The final list saw players such as captain, Andre Ayew Mohammed Kudus, Inaki Williams, Daniel Amartey, Richard Ofori, and Mohammed Salisu. READ MORE: GPL Week Seventeen Review: Hearts, Kotoko, Aduana Stars\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Live Streams&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Live Streams","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/livestreams\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot.20.jpg?fit=695%2C401&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot.20.jpg?fit=695%2C401&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/screenshot.20.jpg?fit=695%2C401&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30164,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/seven-ghana-black-stars-players-to-miss-south-africa-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":40372,"position":3},"title":"Seven Ghana Black Stars players to miss South Africa game","author":"Admin","date":"September 5, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Clubs in Germany and other European countries have refused to allow their players to travel with Ghana to COVID-19 red-listed countries like South Africa. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh is the latest player that has been withdrawn from the squad. He would need to quarantine for ten days on his return from the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ghana","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/E-coJlPWYAU7dzP.jpg?fit=1200%2C651&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/E-coJlPWYAU7dzP.jpg?fit=1200%2C651&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/E-coJlPWYAU7dzP.jpg?fit=1200%2C651&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/E-coJlPWYAU7dzP.jpg?fit=1200%2C651&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/E-coJlPWYAU7dzP.jpg?fit=1200%2C651&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40375,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/former-gambia-coach-tom-saintfiet-interested-in-black-stars-job\/","url_meta":{"origin":40372,"position":4},"title":"Former Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet interested in Black Stars job","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"February 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Belgian coach Tom Saintfiet has reportedly applied for the position of Ghana Black Stars Head Coach following the departure of Chris Hughton. The vastly experienced coach left his position at Gambia following their poor run at the 2023 AFCON and is currently unemployed. Read Also:\u00a0Abdul Fatawu Issahaku reveals why Andre\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Live Streams&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Live Streams","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/livestreams\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tom-Saintfiet-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C790&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tom-Saintfiet-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C790&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tom-Saintfiet-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C790&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tom-Saintfiet-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C790&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Tom-Saintfiet-scaled.jpg?fit=1200%2C790&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":42662,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/fatawu-issahaku-out-for-the-season-steve-cooper-confirms\/","url_meta":{"origin":40372,"position":5},"title":"Fatawu Issahaku out for the season &#8211; Steve Cooper confirms","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"November 21, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Leicester City manager, Steve Cooper, has confirmed the unavailability of\u00a0 Fatawu Issahaku for the rest of the season.\u00a0 The exciting winger suffered an injury while playing on international duty with the national team, BlackStars against Angola. READ MORE: GFA dissolves Black Stars Management Committee after AFCON failure However, Cooper confirmed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fatawu-injured.png?fit=597%2C349&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fatawu-injured.png?fit=597%2C349&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/fatawu-injured.png?fit=597%2C349&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40374,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40372\/revisions\/40374"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}