{"id":44637,"date":"2025-10-15T17:49:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=44637"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:49:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:49:55","slug":"we-must-pick-the-best-players-otto-addo-on-world-cup-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/we-must-pick-the-best-players-otto-addo-on-world-cup-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"We must pick the best players \u2013 Otto Addo on World Cup squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"306\"><strong>Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has suggested that call-ups will be based on merit and not a quota system for Ghana Premier League players.\u00a0<\/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 data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"611\">Otto squashed the claims from certain football personalities advocating for locally based players to be added to the Black Stars squad for the World Cup following FIFA\u2019s $355 million Club Benefits Programme.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"611\">READ MORE:\u00a0 <a title=\"Nine African countries confirmed for 2026 FIFA World Cup\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/nine-african-countries-confirmed-for-2026-fifa-world-cup\/\">Nine African countries confirmed for 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"613\" data-end=\"928\">Otto reiterated his desire to pick the best and strongest squad to represent the county in the upcoming World Cup in North America.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"1164\">\u201cI don\u2019t think we should look at who is local and who is not. We have to look at performance. We have to look at the best players. The higher the quality of the group, the higher the players push each other,\u201d Addo told Joy Sports<em data-start=\"1149\" data-end=\"1162\">.<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"930\" data-end=\"1164\">READ MORE: <a title=\"Week 5 Review : Medeama SC, Vision win as Kotoko drop points\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/week-5-review-medeama-sc-vision-win-as-kotoko-drop-points\/\">Week 5 Review: Medeama SC, Vision win as Kotoko drop points<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1166\" data-end=\"1320\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Hearts of Oak goalkeeper Benjamin Asare and Medeama striker Prince Owusu were two players from the local league who were called up recently to the Black Stars.<\/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>Black Stars head coach Otto Addo has suggested that call-ups will be based on merit and not a quota system for Ghana Premier League players.\u00a0 Otto squashed the claims from certain football personalities advocating for locally based players to be added to the Black Stars squad for the World Cup following FIFA\u2019s $355 million Club<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":41627,"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":[8417,17042],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-44637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-fifa-club-world-cup"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/otto-addo-in-mali.jpg?fit=1024%2C783&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-bBX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34570,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/black-stars-coach-otto-addo-submits-world-cup-squad-list-to-fifa\/","url_meta":{"origin":44637,"position":0},"title":"Black Stars coach Otto Addo submits World Cup squad list to FIFA","author":"Raphael Bannerman-Quartey","date":"October 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Black Stars head coach, Otto Addo has named his provisional list for the 2022 FIFA World Cup to be hosted in Qatar. 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