{"id":4171,"date":"2014-05-22T04:21:31","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T04:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2014-05-22T04:21:31","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T04:21:31","slug":"liverpool-ready-to-move-ahead-of-arsenal-and-bayern-for-bony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/football\/liverpool-ready-to-move-ahead-of-arsenal-and-bayern-for-bony\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Ready To Move Ahead Of Arsenal And Bayern For Bony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are preparing a \u00a318million offer for Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony as the club look to kick-start their summer spending.<\/p>\n<p>Reds boss Brendan Rodgers has been promised significant funds to strengthen his squad in the off-season, with the club gearing up for Champions League football.<\/p>\n<p>A left-back and a midfielder remain priorities, but Rodgers also wants to add another striker \u2013 and Swansea star Bony is a key target.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old scored 25 goals in his first season with the Swans, and impressed with his finishing, holding up play and power.<\/p>\n<p>Arsenal and Bayern Munich are monitoring his progress, but Liverpool are ready to move first by making a \u00a318million offer.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the bid will go in before the World Cup begins in Brazil, where Bony will be representing the Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Swansea have previously dismissed claims that Bony could be sold, but the striker has made it clear he wants to play in the Champions League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are preparing a \u00a318million offer for Swansea City striker Wilfried Bony as the club look to kick-start their summer spending. Reds boss Brendan Rodgers has been promised significant funds to strengthen his squad in the off-season, with the club gearing up for Champions League football. A left-back and a midfielder remain priorities, but Rodgers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[84,60,80],"tags":[37],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4173,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions\/4173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/africanexaminer.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}