Ghana coach, Kwesi Appiah, has expounded on why he excluded Asamoah Gyan and the Ayew brothers for the Black Stars double-header international friendlies.
Appiah named a 21-man squad for the Black Stars forthcoming friendlies against Japan and Iceland without informing Jordan and his sibling Andre Ayew as well as captain Asamoah Gyan for the games.
The Swans pair have not played for the four-time Africa champions since Ghana’s World Cup qualification first leg match against Congo Brazzaville in Kumasi which ended one apiece while Gyan struggled for game time at his club, Kayserispor in the just ended Turkish Supalig.
“There are a lot of players I didn’t invite and I didn’t do so because they are not performing,” Appiah told SportsworldGhana.com in an interview.
“Players like Asamoah Gyan, Jordan Ayew and Andre Ayew are all players who have been tried and tested over the years and Ghanaians and the entire world know what they are capable of doing so I feel this is the perfect opportunity for me to try Emmanuel Boateng and Kwasi Okyere Wriedt in our quest to parade a strong team for our upcoming AFCON qualifying remaining matches.”
“This is the only friendly games we have to play before we resume our qualifiers so if you want to try new players then this certainly is the right time to try them,” he concluded.
Source: Daily Guide
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its hard to critic you but akwesi this is why you arent a good manager or coach. if you are , u would have noticed that, your team is dead now and none is such a great anymore apart from partey so every good coach will either say am building a new team or call the old dead ones and reshape them but still, its a l.ie you telling us. simply put, is a scheme to avoid the ayew brother and forcing to retire them with Gyan but let me tell you, politicians cannot save your always, when it get tough, they will sacrifice you for their bif land cruiser. build non partician team in which Ghanaians will love you but not political team. for even the FA prez who sponsored the prez as he said, is with the CID. i hope few days to come, we will try to jail players, managers that waste our money. u just giving l.ies and be warn, ya fight with abedi is past and gone and by be fair with the ayew brothers of which jordan is in top form, will eraze and make way for ALLAH to even bless you. blessing isnt money but even good health and long life. i advise you, watch out for anas may be ya next player to invite