{"id":68701,"date":"2025-06-21T14:14:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=68701"},"modified":"2025-06-21T14:14:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:14:11","slug":"ola-aina-poised-to-sign-new-deal-with-nottingham-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/06\/21\/ola-aina-poised-to-sign-new-deal-with-nottingham-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Ola Aina Poised to Sign New Deal with Nottingham Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Super Eagles defender Ola Aina is set to extend his stay at Nottingham Forest with a new long-term deal, putting an end to growing interest from Premier League heavyweights Chelsea, Manchester City, and Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old is expected to sign a fresh two-year contract with an option of a third, following the club\u2019s decision to activate the one-year extension clause in his current deal, securing his services at least until 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Aina has played a pivotal role in Forest\u2019s campaign, impressing both as a right-back and a left-back.<\/p>\n<p>Known for his tenacity, pace, and attacking versatility, the Nigerian international has become a fan favorite at the City Ground.<\/p>\n<p>Despite tempting offers from bigger clubs, Aina is said to be satisfied with Nottingham Forest\u2019s project and ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>Talks between his representatives and the club have reached an advanced stage, with both sides eager to continue the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The impending extension is a major boost for Nottingham Forest as they look to consolidate their Premier League status and build for the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke &nbsp; Super Eagles defender Ola Aina is set to extend his stay at Nottingham Forest with a new long-term deal, putting an end to growing interest from Premier League heavyweights Chelsea, Manchester City, and Liverpool. The 27-year-old is expected to sign a fresh two-year contract with an option of a third, following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":68702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68701","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\/68701","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68703,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68701\/revisions\/68703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/68702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}