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Describing his experience, Mainoo said, \u201cThe past few days have been quite surreal. Arriving here and finding out that I made it to the first-team was incredible. I was truly taken aback but also elated \u2013 it has been an overwhelming mix of feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cRepresenting England is an incredible chance, and I am thoroughly enjoying the journey so far. Ultimately, my aim for this season is to secure a spot in the squad [for the Euros].\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth of my parents come from Ghana, and football has been the cornerstone of my upbringing. Since childhood, it has been a constant presence in my life, and I have cherished every moment of it,\u201d Mainoo added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo has expressed his delight at being named in the squad for the upcoming international friendly matches against Brazil and Belgium in March despite having a Ghanaian parents. The youngster, who has been enjoying a brilliant season with the Red Devils in the Premier League,\u00a0 told\u00a0Dailymail\u00a0that it was a mix feeling […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":24104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24105,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24103\/revisions\/24105"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}