{"id":37503,"date":"2023-06-05T17:12:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=37503"},"modified":"2023-06-05T17:12:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T17:12:27","slug":"official-inaki-williams-replacement-called-up-to-black-stars-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/official-inaki-williams-replacement-called-up-to-black-stars-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"OFFICIAL: Inaki Williams replacement called up to Black Stars squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Black Stars Head Coach Chris Hughton\u00a0has drafted in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">Ransford-Yeboah K\u00f6nigsd\u00f6rffer <\/span><span class=\"s1\">to replace Inaki Williams who has been ruled off the upcoming AFCON qualifying match against Madagascar.<\/span><\/strong><\/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<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Athletic Bilbao who was named on Ghana\u2019s squad for the qualifier has been ruled out with an injury to his right knee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a statement released on Monday, Inaki said that:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSince a few weeks I&#8217;m playing with pain in my right knee. I&#8217;ve decided to play until the end of the season, but talking with the medical services, we&#8217;ve decide to stop and solve the problem to stay 100% at the preseason.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This decision wasn&#8217;t easy to take because I won&#8217;t be able to stay with my national team, Ghana the next meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI want to say that I am full commitment and I will come back with the Blackstars if the coach deems it appropriate next calls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thank you four your support.\u201d<\/span><\/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<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">K\u00f6nigsd\u00f6rffer will join the squad in Accra when they commence camping on June 12 ahead of the qualifier.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Black Stars will travel to Madagascar for the match which has been scheduled for June 18,2023.<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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars Head Coach Chris Hughton\u00a0has drafted in\u00a0Ransford-Yeboah K\u00f6nigsd\u00f6rffer to replace Inaki Williams who has been ruled off the upcoming AFCON qualifying match against Madagascar. The Athletic Bilbao who was named on Ghana\u2019s squad for the qualifier has been ruled out with an injury to his right knee. In a statement released on Monday, Inaki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":37504,"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-37503","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\/2023\/06\/Ransford-Yeboah-Konigsdorffer-Black-Stars-white.jpg?fit=800%2C480&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-9KT","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37501,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/breaking-news-key-player-drops-out-of-ghana-black-stars-squad-for-madagascar-game\/","url_meta":{"origin":37503,"position":0},"title":"Breaking News: Key player drops out of Ghana Black Stars squad for Madagascar game","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"June 5, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Ghana Black Stars will be without one of their important players for their AFCON Qualifiers against Madagascar later this month. 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