{"id":71175,"date":"2014-12-04T11:14:24","date_gmt":"2014-12-04T11:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=71175"},"modified":"2014-12-04T12:07:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-04T12:07:12","slug":"muntari-kevin-get-another-chance-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=71175","title":{"rendered":"Muntari, Kevin to get another chance under Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/27\/confirmed-avram-grant-is-new-ghana-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>New Black Stars coach Avram Grant<\/strong><\/span><\/a> has announced that he is willing to give midfielders Sulley Muntari and Kevin Prince Boateng another chance in his set up.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;YbQmyzUlSLFaqZYFOCfOvGAi7Mwj3QvA&#8221;]The two have been <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/worldcup\/?p=1729\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>suspended indefinitely<\/strong><\/span><\/a> from the Black Stars by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for what the FA described as disrupitive behaviour during Ghana\u2019s participation at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to questions at Avram Grant\u2019s unveiling in Accra, the Israeli coach said: \u201cThe door is open for everyone- they need to show they are willing to play \u2013 If they are willing to sacrifice then the door is open to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His predecessor Kwesi Appiah was strict on how regular a player plays in his club before he gets a call up, but Grant told journalists that his player selection will be based on \u201cQuality, strong character and willingness to sacrifice for the nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;3Naz54eMxIK2qyP8Q00Yw1dnqXHBRJrc&#8221;]He said his ambition for Ghana is long term and will do everything he can to make the team succeed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;I&#8217;m very happy to take the Ghana job which is a big challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about Ghana\u2019s Group C members in the impending Africa Cup of Nations, Grant said: &#8220;I like to win and we will do everything we can to win the 2015 AFCON, but that is not the main thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been mentioned that it&#8217;s the group of death but I must say we want to live, not die,&#8221; he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Nana Boakye-Yiadom\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Black Stars coach Avram Grant has announced that he is willing to give midfielders Sulley Muntari and Kevin Prince Boateng another chance in his set up. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;YbQmyzUlSLFaqZYFOCfOvGAi7Mwj3QvA&#8221;]The two have been suspended indefinitely from the Black Stars by the Ghana Football Association (GFA) for what the FA described as disrupitive behaviour during Ghana\u2019s participation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":21760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[29,43,3,38],"class_list":["post-71175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dr-mahamudu-bawumia","tag-foresight-medical-center","tag-ghana-news","tag-palaver-newspaper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}