{"id":553360,"date":"2020-06-10T14:07:04","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T18:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=553360"},"modified":"2020-06-10T14:07:04","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T18:07:04","slug":"sammy-ameobi-extends-nottingham-forest-contract-for-another-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/06\/10\/sammy-ameobi-extends-nottingham-forest-contract-for-another-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Sammy Ameobi Extends Nottingham Forest Contract For Another Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest winger Sammy Ameobi has extended his contract with the Reds for a further year.<\/p>\n<h2>Sammy Ameobi Extends Nottingham Forest Contract For Another Year<\/h2>\n<h3>Further 12 Months<\/h3>\n<p>Sammy Ameobi has extended his stay at the City Ground for a further 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCRNS\/status\/1270768864020791297\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC Radio Nottingham<\/a>, the winger has signed a deal to keep his services in the Midlands until the end of the 2020-21 season.<\/p>\n<p>The winger&#8217;s current deal was set to expire later this month, but Sabri Lamouchi &#8211; who himself is yet to agree a contract extension &#8211; has retained one of his key midfield players.<\/p>\n<p>Ameobi has made 38 appearances in all competitions &#8211; contributing three goals and eight assists.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Great News and Well Deserved&#8217; &#8211; Fans React To Contract News<\/h3>\n<p>Forest fans have turned to Twitter to celebrate the contract news.<\/p>\n<p>The winger joined Forest from Bolton Wanderers in July 2019 and Reds supporters have been impressed with his performances across the past 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>While the focus remains on hoping that Sabri Lamouchi signs a new contract; Forest fans are overly pleased with the retention of Ameobi.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Great news &amp; well deserved for a fantastic first season at the club.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nffc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#nffc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#NFFC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StaySafe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#StaySafe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kat Raggabinto (@raggabinto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raggabinto\/status\/1270770336070500352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Lovely stuff<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jake (@__jdNFFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/__jdNFFC\/status\/1270771635231039495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wasn\u2019t his biggest fan, but he\u2019s grown on me, but seems like good business all round again from forest.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 forest forever (@forestforever11) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/forestforever11\/status\/1270772507948302337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Earned that deal &amp; glad it\u2019s a one year one Aswell, smart business &amp; it keeps him motivated<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bradley (@McBrads95) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McBrads95\/status\/1270772551069904897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yayyyy! I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d be saying that when he first joined. Happy to be proved wrong?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Debs??\u2764\ufe0f (@deblee_smith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deblee_smith\/status\/1270771575021867008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Yayyyy! I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d be saying that when he first joined. Happy to be proved wrong?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Debs??\u2764\ufe0f (@deblee_smith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/deblee_smith\/status\/1270771575021867008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">1yr extension is perfect really for him. He&#8217;s unpredictable, can produce, but can also look like a baby giraffe. So it keeps him on his toes to keep producing to earn his next deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DGB (@DGBCampbell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DGBCampbell\/status\/1270769967869427712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 10, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"wQm6NeoNQgtma-q0hVgx-A\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1181291893\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'wQm6NeoNQgtma-q0hVgx-A',sig:'6YPXu4BiDO6oT6BVQfIdCKWvHmBRJpx_sV8Mbqs_ID4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1181291893',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nottingham Forest winger Sammy Ameobi has extended his contract with the Reds for a further year. Sammy Ameobi Extends Nottingham Forest Contract For Another Year Further 12 Months Sammy Ameobi has extended his stay at the City Ground for a further 12 months. According to BBC Radio Nottingham, the winger has signed a deal to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3040,"featured_media":553373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33,4475,28],"tags":[197,168,891,3921,5600],"class_list":["post-553360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-championship","category-nottingham-forest","category-transfers","tag-championship","tag-efl","tag-nottingham-forest","tag-sabri-lamouchi","tag-sammy-ameobi"],"modified_by":"Matt Lee","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553360\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}