{"id":33305,"date":"2022-07-05T19:40:10","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T19:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=33305"},"modified":"2022-07-05T19:41:44","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T19:41:44","slug":"ghanaswitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/ghanaswitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News: Tariq Lamptey and four other new players complete Ghana Black Stars switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The President of the Ghana Football Association has confirmed that five more players are now available for selection for Ghana following Inaki Williams&#8217;s switch.<\/strong><br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nTop journalist Gary Al-Smith broke the news an hour<a title=\"Breaking News: Inaki Williams confirms Ghana Black Stars switch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/breaking-news-inaki-williams-confirms-ghana-black-stars-switch\/\"> after Inaki Williams announced he has completed his switch<\/a> to play for Ghana.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: <\/p>\n<p>Ghana FA President <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kurtokraku?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kurtokraku<\/a> confirms the following players are available for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GhanaBlackstars?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GhanaBlackstars<\/a> in addition to I\u00f1aki Williams:<\/p>\n<p>\u2705\ufe0f Mohammed Salisu <br \/>\u2705\ufe0f Stephan Ambrosius<br \/>\u2705\ufe0f Patrick Pfeffer <br \/>\u2705\ufe0f Ransford Yeboah <br \/>\u2705\ufe0f Tariq Lamptey (pictured with his dad here) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/poXVb3UDdP\">pic.twitter.com\/poXVb3UDdP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Gary Al-Smith (@garyalsmith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/garyalsmith\/status\/1544401956055162882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 5, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The players are: <strong>Mohammed Salisu<\/strong> (Defender &#8211; Southampton), <strong>Stephan Ambrosius<\/strong> (Defender &#8211; Hamburger SV), <strong>Patrick Pfeffer<\/strong> (Defender &#8211; SV Darmstadt), <strong>Ransford Yeboah<\/strong> (Forward &#8211; Hamburger SV), <strong>Tariq Lamptey<\/strong> (Wing-back)<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the Ghana Football Association has confirmed that five more players are now available for selection for Ghana following Inaki Williams&#8217;s switch. Top journalist Gary Al-Smith broke the news an hour after Inaki Williams announced he has completed his switch to play for Ghana. BREAKING: Ghana FA President @kurtokraku confirms the following players<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33306,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8417,14057,3347],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-33305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghana-football","9":"category-ghplayersabroad"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/FW7RZHAXEAQ7CXM.jpg?fit=960%2C540&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-8Fb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32888,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/photos-inaki-and-nico-williams-arrive-in-ghana\/","url_meta":{"origin":33305,"position":0},"title":"PHOTOS: Inaki and Nico Williams arrive in Ghana","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"June 7, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Athletic Bilbao duo Inaki and Nico Williams have arrived in Ghana for a vacation after a long season in Spain. 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