Stephen Appiah: Legendary Ghana captain responds to player call-up interference claims
Former Juventus midfielder Stephen Appiah talks about speculations of players being forced onto Ghana coach CK Akonnor.
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Former Juventus midfielder Stephen Appiah talks about speculations of players being forced onto Ghana coach CK Akonnor.
“Call-ups for all national teams go through processes, and people must understand this,” Okraku told Joy FM. “Gone are the days when one person will wake up one day and name a national team, it will never happen again. “The coach and his team will work with the technical directorate to select a squad, then they have to convince the Management Committee about the squad they have selected. "Then there is a meeting – some I may attend, others I may select someone to represent me. When there is a consensus, the squad is then announced." Like the Black Stars, there have also been reports...
For Legon, on the other hand, the game was part of preparations for the resumption of the Ghana Premier League early next month as they currently sit only one place and two points above the relegation zone. Opoku, on his way to Algerian side USM Alger, opened the scoring for the Black Stars. The striker then set up China-based midfielder Mubarak Wakaso, one of two foreign-based players in the team, to make it 2-0. The former Deportivo Alaves man also then turned provider, assisting Salifu for the third goal. Substitute Gyan, who last played for Ghana at the 2019 Afcon tournament, pulled a go...
"I am very happy. I don't even know what to say. I'm speechless and shocked. Could this be happening? It is so unexpected, and I thank God and the entire Asante Kotoko club for it," Danlad said on his club's official website. "It is never easy to earn a senior national team call-up at this stage of my life and career and so you do not take this lightly at all. All I can say is Alhamdulillah. My family and my fans are all happy about this news. "I always say that being in this great club is a great pleasure. The challenge here is the biggest anyone can get in the country.
Afcon 2021 qualifiers: Steadfast prodigy Abdul Fatawu Issahaku is in line to make his senior Ghana debut against South Africa or Sao Tome and Principe.