{"id":36745,"date":"2023-08-14T18:04:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T15:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=36745"},"modified":"2023-08-14T18:04:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T15:04:51","slug":"here-we-go-bebe-cool-son-alpha-ssali-joins-express-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/14\/here-we-go-bebe-cool-son-alpha-ssali-joins-express-fc\/","title":{"rendered":"HERE WE GO!!! Bebe Cool Son, Alpha Ssali Joins Express FC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uganda football giant Express FC have signed talented Alpha Ssali on a two-year deal after leaving Proline FC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ssali announced last week that he had left his boyhood club Proline FC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The sixth-time Uganda Premier League champions Express FC announced the signing of Alpha Ssali today at Skyz Hotel in Naguru, Kampala.<br>Express FC manager James Odoch said he was excited to acquire the 19-year-old and said he was hoping for good things from the attacker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Alpha is very talented and he is already in the Uganda Cranes set up with the Under 20 team. I have followed him for the last six years. He has a bright future,&#8221; Odoch said.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"459\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Alpha-Ssali-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Alpha-Ssali-1.jpg 720w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Alpha-Ssali-1-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Alpha-Ssali-1-360x230.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added: &#8220;We will not put so much pressure on him. We will let him develop with time. But his talent is there for everyone to see&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to the press, Alpha Ssali said he was excited to join Express FC and can&#8217;t wait to get started.<br>&#8220;This is a good move for me. As the name (Express), I&#8217;m here to express myself on the pitch. I hope to help my teammates achieve great things together. I can&#8217;t wait to get started,&#8221; Ssali said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also revealed that his favourite position was on the wings as an attacker but was ready to help the team in any position the coach asks him to play.<br>About a month back, his legendary musician father, Bebe Cool acquired him a private foreign coach and has been undertaking vigorous training sessions ahead of next season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alpha Ssali was born on December 23, 2003, to celebrity parents Bebe Cool and wife Zuena Kirema.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uganda football giant Express FC have signed talented Alpha Ssali on a two-year deal after leaving Proline FC. Ssali announced last week that he had left his boyhood club Proline FC. The sixth-time Uganda Premier League champions Express FC announced the signing of Alpha Ssali today at Skyz Hotel in Naguru, Kampala.Express FC manager James [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27983,"featured_media":36746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[8501,410,8502],"class_list":["post-36745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-alpha-ssali","tag-bebe-cool","tag-express-fc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27983"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36745"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36748,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36745\/revisions\/36748"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}