{"id":42162,"date":"2024-08-30T01:21:18","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T01:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=42162"},"modified":"2024-08-30T01:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-30T01:24:31","slug":"if-i-am-convinced-i-will-call-you-otto-addo-on-ghana-premier-league-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/if-i-am-convinced-i-will-call-you-otto-addo-on-ghana-premier-league-players\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;If I am convinced I will call you&#8221; &#8211; Otto Addo on Ghana Premier League players"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has explained the rationale for selecting just one player from the Ghana Premier League ahead of the AFCON qualifiers.<\/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><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Announcing his squad for the games shows visibly that one player from the domestic league made the squad, goalkeeper, Fredrick Asare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a title=\"AFCON 2025Q : BlackStars squad released for Angola and Niger games\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/afcon-2025q-blackstars-squad-released-for-angola-and-niger-games\/\">AFCON 2025Q: BlackStars squad released for Angola and Niger games<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This has drawn widespread discontent amongst football people who are of the view that other players who impressed in the just-ended 2023\/2024 Ghana Premier League should have been given a fair opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT :<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"BLACK STARS 23 MAN SQUAD FOR AFCON 2025 QUALIFIERS NAMED BY OTTO ADDO\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xBT2S24dEoI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speaking to pressmen about the squad announcement, coach Otto Addo disclosed that he would only call the best once he was convinced. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;I think it is not easy. I said last time we would watch the Ghanaian Premier League. It&#8217;s tough and I know if I leave a player out there will be questions,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;But <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">at the moment<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> for me, it is not about the Ghana Premier League, French Ligue 1, or the EPL or Bundesliga, it is about the players and we need the best players to qualify for the World Cup. I don&#8217;t care, if I am convinced I will call you,&#8221; he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SaharaFootball\/status\/1829136206892019852<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The team will be at home at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium to clash with Angola on September 5, 2024, and four days later with Niger in Morocco.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has explained the rationale for selecting just one player from the Ghana Premier League ahead of the AFCON qualifiers. Announcing his squad for the games shows visibly that one player from the domestic league made the squad, goalkeeper, Fredrick Asare. 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