{"id":67303,"date":"2025-06-04T12:01:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=67303"},"modified":"2025-06-04T12:01:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T12:01:10","slug":"simon-open-to-premier-league-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/04\/simon-open-to-premier-league-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Open to Premier League Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Oluwamayowa Fakande<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Super Eagles winger Moses Simon has hinted at a possible exit from Ligue 1 side FC Nantes this summer, stating he is open to new challenges, though he remains deeply attached to the French club.<\/p>\n<p>Simon, who has been linked with Premier League side Everton as well as Olympique Marseille and Paris FC, said he would consider any suitable offer if Nantes are willing to let him go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA club that respects you and shows you love, of course you have to respect them and fight for them in return,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNantes have shown me tremendous support, especially during my injury. They stood by me, along with the fans. I have a lot of love and respect for this club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut like any professional, I\u2019m always open to new challenges. If an offer comes and Nantes accept it, I\u2019ll consider it. If they decide not to, I\u2019ll respect my contract because I am still their player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simon was one of Nantes\u2019 standout performers last season, scoring eight goals and providing seven assists in 32 league appearances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Oluwamayowa Fakande Super Eagles winger Moses Simon has hinted at a possible exit from Ligue 1 side FC Nantes this summer, stating he is open to new challenges, though he remains deeply attached to the French club. Simon, who has been linked with Premier League side Everton as well as Olympique Marseille and Paris [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":67304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-67303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67303","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\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67305,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67303\/revisions\/67305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}