{"id":18157,"date":"2014-05-13T18:33:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-13T18:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=18157"},"modified":"2014-05-13T08:40:43","modified_gmt":"2014-05-13T08:40:43","slug":"appiah-hints-at-schlupp-being-answer-to-leftback-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/appiah-hints-at-schlupp-being-answer-to-leftback-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"Appiah hints at Schlupp being answer to leftback problems"},"content":{"rendered":"
Jeffery Schlupp is the answer to Ghana’s long-standing problem, according to Kwesi Appiah.<\/span><\/p>\n The Black Stars left-back has been the biggest problem for almost a decade, with over ten players having auditioned for the role.<\/p>\n To kill the problem for good, the coach went to the English Championship for the 21-year old.<\/p>\n Jeffery Schlupp’s form for Leicester has been interesting in his power runs at the laterals. They have since qualified for next season’s Barclays Premier League.<\/p>\n \u201cLike you said [Jeffery] Schlupp has been invited just once but I have been monitoring him even during the Nations Cup,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe went to Manchester United [on trials] but he was moved into attack and I thought to myself I didn\u2019t need any strikers.<\/p>\n \u201cBut he was moved back to left-back when he returned to Leicester and as you all know Leicester have qualified to the Premier League.<\/p>\n \u201cI have been monitoring him [Schlupp] since December and I have been looking for a competent left-back so I want to closely assess him and see.\u201d<\/p>\n The team will camp in the Netherlands and the USA before heading to Brazil.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jeffery Schlupp is the answer to Ghana’s long-standing problem, according to Kwesi Appiah. The Black Stars left-back has been the biggest problem for almost a decade, with over ten players having auditioned for the role. To kill the problem for good, the coach went to the English Championship for the 21-year old. Jeffery Schlupp’s form […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":18161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3],"yoast_head":"\n