{"id":7871,"date":"2012-06-26T13:06:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T13:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7871"},"modified":"2012-06-26T13:06:52","modified_gmt":"2012-06-26T13:06:52","slug":"emenike-signs-four-year-extension-with-spartak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=7871","title":{"rendered":"Emenike signs four-year extension with Spartak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Moscow<\/strong>: Spartak Moscow&#8217;s Nigerian striker Emmanuel Emenike has signed a four-year extension with the football club.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, there had been reports that Emenike would return to his former club Fenerbahce.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am really happy to have signed a new contract with Spartak and I think this will stop speculations about my future,&#8221; Emenike told Nigerian newspaper The Tribune Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I always had the intention to stay here. I feel there is a big belief in me from the club, from the boss and from the fans and that is one of the reasons why I stayed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Emenike is looking forward to competing with top strikers when Spartak play in the Champions League next season, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Spartak snatched the Russian Premier League&#8217;s second Champions League berth on a dramatic final day in May, beating Lokomotiv Moscow 2-0 to leapfrog CSKA Moscow. Ex-Valencia coach Unai Emery was named as the new Spartak coach soon after the match.<\/p>\n<p>Emenike joined Spartak in July 2011 from Turkish side Fenerbahce and has since scored 13 goals in 22 league appearances.<\/p>\n<p>He is a defendant in an ongoing Turkish football corruption case, with his involvement related to his time at Karabukspor in the 2010-11 season.<\/p>\n<p>Emenike&#8217;s first season in Russia was punctuated by controversy, as he was fined $17,000 for showing the middle finger to Dynamo Moscow fans who had allegedly directed racist chants at him during Spartak&#8217;s 3-1 league victory in March.<\/p>\n<p>Against Zenit St. Petersburg in May, Emenike received a straight red card seconds for his goal celebration after making a gesture towards the Zenit bench in which he tapped his outstretched arm.<\/p>\n<p>The gesture was a sign of gratitude to his parents, he said afterwards. <strong>(IANS)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moscow: Spartak Moscow&#8217;s Nigerian striker Emmanuel Emenike has signed a four-year extension with the football club. 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