Black Stars coach, James Kwesi Appiah, has said that the team is not only about the Ayew\u2019s and that in his bid to build a strong team for the future \u201cthere are thousands of Ghanaian players I can select from.\u201d<\/p>\n
Coach Appiah announced a 26-man squad for the must-win encounter against the Red Devils in Kampala without the experienced duo.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the GNA Sports on Friday, he explained that his exclusion of Dede Ayew and Jordan Ayew from the squad to face Uganda in a FIFA World Cup was qualifier in Kampala on October 7 was to give opportunities to other equally good players.<\/p>\n
The coach invited seven debutants, including two home-based players to augment his squad, as Ghana faces a herculean task of qualifying to the Mundial for the fourth consecutive time.<\/p>\n
According to him, he wants to build a formidable team for the future; hence the dropping of the two England based players.<\/p>\n
He said \u201cwe know the calibre of Dede and Jordan Ayew already and if we want to build a team for the future, then we need to give other players the chance to also prove themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked whether the duo\u2019s exclusion from the squad was a result of dip in form, he said \u201cno, they are playing well.\u201d<\/p>\n
The coach came under a barrage of criticisms from a section of the Ghanaian populace over his decision to drop the duo because of a feud between Appiah and the father of the Ayew\u2019s over captaincy issues in 1992.<\/p>\n
He however debunked the rumours saying, \u201cthis has nothing to do with that because there\u2019s no issue.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ghana lies third in Group E with five points behind Egypt 9 and Uganda 7, with Congo lying at the bottom with 1 point after four matches played.
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\nBy: ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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