{"id":573887,"date":"2020-12-05T06:46:25","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T11:46:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=573887"},"modified":"2020-12-05T06:46:25","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T11:46:25","slug":"yunus-musah-signs-contract-extension-with-valencia-until-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/12\/05\/yunus-musah-signs-contract-extension-with-valencia-until-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Yunus Musah Signs Contract Extension With Valencia Until 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Valencia&#8217;s up and coming midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b51b1b9c\/Yunus-Musah\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yunus Musah<\/a> has signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valenciacf.com\/en\/article\/en-yunus-musah-i-m-very-happy-to-be-staying-at-valencia-cf-for-many-more-years-2020-12-04\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contract extension<\/a> until 2026. The 18-year-old has already made 10 appearances for the senior team in <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/la-liga\/\" target=\"_self\">La Liga<\/a> this season and has impressed thus far in his first campaign in the Spanish top flight. Musah&#8217;s already registered his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.us\/yunus-musah\/leistungsdatendetails\/spieler\/503991\/plus\/0\/saison\/2020\/wettbewerb\/ES1\/verein\/1049\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first goal<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.valenciacf.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Valencia<\/a> and it appears his strong start to the 2020\/21 season has confirmed the club&#8217;s belief he can be a long-term player for them.<\/p>\n<h2>Yunus Musah Signs Contract Extension With Valencia<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u270d\ufe0f YUNUS MUSAH 2\u20e30\u20e32\u20e36\u20e3<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f &#8220;I&#8217;m very happy to be staying at Valencia CF for many more years&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AMUNTValencia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#AMUNTValencia<\/a> \ud83e\udd87 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Yunus2026?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Yunus2026<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/VCFMyPlaceInTheWorld?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#VCFMyPlaceInTheWorld<\/a> \u26aa\ufe0f\u26ab\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Valencia CF \ud83e\udd87\ud83c\udf4a\ud83c\udf0a (@valenciacf_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/valenciacf_en\/status\/1334923107870629888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 4, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>An Instant Impact<\/h3>\n<p>Since joining Valencia&#8217;s first team on a regular basis this season, Musah has been performing very well for the Spanish club. Against Getafe, he registered his first La Liga goal and against<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/real-madrid\/\" target=\"_self\"> Real Madrid<\/a>, he drew a penalty kick in the shocking 4-1 victory. Thus far during the 2020\/21 campaign, Musah has completed <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/b51b1b9c\/matchlogs\/2020-2021\/summary\/Yunus-Musah-Match-Logs\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">76%<\/a> of his passes and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/squads\/dcc91a7b\/Valencia-Stats\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ranks fifth<\/a> on the team in tackles.<\/p>\n<p>Musah spent the 2019\/20 season with Valencia&#8217;s second team but was introduced into the first team right from the start of the current campaign. Before his time with Valencia, Musah spent time with Arsenal&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.us\/yunus-musah\/leistungsdatendetails\/spieler\/503991\/plus\/0\/saison\/2018\/wettbewerb\/GB18\/verein\/5679\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U18 team<\/a> and made 15 appearances in the 2018\/19 U18 Premier League season. He scored<a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.us\/yunus-musah\/leistungsdatendetails\/spieler\/503991\/plus\/0\/saison\/2018\/wettbewerb\/GB18\/verein\/5679\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> four goals and registered three assist<\/a>s during that season with Arsenal&#8217;s U18 team. However, that would be his final season with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League<\/a> club as he joined Valencia during the 2019 summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<h3>Another Rising American Talent<\/h3>\n<p>During the November international break, Musah played his first matches with the United States Men&#8217;s National Team. USMNT manager Gregg Berhalter was able to successfully recruit Musah to join the team for fixtures against Wales and Panama. Previously, Musah had made appearances for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.us\/yunus-musah\/nationalmannschaft\/spieler\/503991\/verein_id\/31269\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">England&#8217;s youth teams<\/a>. But it now appears Musah has become the latest dual-national player to opt for the USMNT. Musah was born in New York and he is certainly joining a growing number of young American talents in European football.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"sNEmjBi0Q_5qTMZyaWg3Lg\" 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\/1229846069\" 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:'sNEmjBi0Q_5qTMZyaWg3Lg',sig:'cOotfSfIWSTB4_Q3u8EqrCRWt2reEYZ7e7Vi1wb2uwg=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1229846069',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>Valencia&#8217;s up and coming midfielder Yunus Musah has signed a contract extension until 2026. The 18-year-old has already made 10 appearances for the senior team in La Liga this season and has impressed thus far in his first campaign in the Spanish top flight. Musah&#8217;s already registered his first goal for Valencia and it appears [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":343,"featured_media":573935,"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":[6,30],"tags":[142,648,570,136,7150],"class_list":["post-573887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","category-news","tag-la-liga","tag-usmnt","tag-valencia","tag-world-football","tag-yunus-musah"],"modified_by":"Tom Cunningham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573887","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\/343"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}