{"id":21740,"date":"2014-05-31T07:52:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T07:52:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=21740"},"modified":"2014-05-31T08:02:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T08:02:50","slug":"listen-waris-talks-up-his-friend-accams-chances-ahead-of-holland-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/05\/listen-waris-talks-up-his-friend-accams-chances-ahead-of-holland-friendly\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN: Waris talks up his friend Accam&#8217;s chances ahead of Holland friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars forward Abdul Majeed Waris has backed David Accam of Helsingborg to get a place in the team&#8217;s final squad for the World Cup in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The former Valenciennes player, who played with Accam at the Right To Dream Academy in their formative years, says the Swedish-based player has been in good form this season helping his club in the league and especially in the Swedish Cup and with his regular appearances, meets the criteria given by Black Stars head coach Kwesi Appiah.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has had a great season in Sweden and if you look at the basis of current form for the coach&#8217;s selection, then Accam deserves a place in the final team. 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He likes running a lot and he can be a very good threat to defenders.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Accam is part of the 26-man provisional squad list named by coach Kwesi Appiah for the World Cup ahead of the team&#8217;s training camp.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN TO THE ABDUL MAJEED WARIS INTERVIEW <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(from 32 minutes into the clip)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FC Africa 12: Drogba&#039;s Ivorian dreams, Victor Ikpeba exclusive &amp; Majeed Waris speaks by Citi97.3\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F152115926&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxwidth=500&#038;maxheight=750&#038;dnt=1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Waris is one of the players expecting a starting place at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/05\/30\/netherlands-to-start-world-cup-xi-against-ghana\/\">SEE ALSO: Preview of Holland v Ghana May 31 international friendly<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By: Nathan Quao\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars forward Abdul Majeed Waris has backed David Accam of Helsingborg to get a place in the team&#8217;s final squad for the World Cup in Brazil. 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