Emmanuel Clottey ready for Black Stars leading role
Posted On Wednesday, 25th July 2012
Emmanuel Clottey believes he can lead the Black Stars attack
By Patrick Akoto
In-form striker Emmanuel Clottey says he can step into the plate to lead the attack of the Black Stars.
The Berekum Chelsea attacker has been flawless in front of goal in this season’s Caf Champions League where he has scored an incredible 11 goals to propel the side to second position in Group A of Africa elite inter-club competition.
He has continuously warmed the bench of the Black Stars but there are many who believe the 24-year-old has proved his goal scoring instincts and deserve to land a starting role in coach Kwesi Appiah’s team for next month’s international friendly against China and more crucially the 2013 African Cup of Nations qualifier against Malawi.
Ghana has only one recognized world-class striker in Asamoah Gyan and the former Odense BK forward want to fancy his chances of playing alongside the Al Ain attacker.
“I am ready to play whenever I am given the chance to prove myself,” Clottey told Accra-based Peace FM
“It is the perogative of the coach to decide which player he prefers to start in a game but like I said I am always ready when the opportunity presents itself,”
“ I have not had the chance to start but I am not bothered because the fact that you start does not mean you are automatically going to score,”
“Everything is a matter of time I believe.”
Clottey’s pace, skills, lethal strikes and goal scoring abilities have contributed in making him a powerful goal scoring brand on the African continent.
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ready to fight,he will be a good combination with gyan infront.
Akwesi Appiah has to be courageous to bench those lactogen strikers for Clottey to pair with Gyan.The Black Stars can never beat any serious minded African team with those fragile strikers
I love you man for this short comment. Akwesi Appiah’s behavior of not calling Clottey to the B/S shows that he has been compromised. Gyan has him in his pocket so he does not want to replace him with any player that will upstage him, so he can continue with the fantom striker problem.
There is something fundamentally wrong with a coach who does not show any interest in bringing in the best striker in the country and Africa at the moment.
I really don’t see him qualifying the B/S to the worldcup unless some drastic changes are made to our striking force with Gyan coming from the bench.
GSN who interview him give people the credit they deserue .how am i suppose believe this .?@%!
i just pray he gets a chance to impress…
Unless he joins virtus
Coach Appiah should give this guy the chance 4 he is capable and can carry the black star team on his shoulders 4 success.
Waris is the man for ghana not clottey.
these strikers r sure bet for da future;clottey,boakye yiadom,waris,jordan nd randy osei if fit/adiyiah
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Asamoah Gyan, world class? Hmmmn … At best a decent striker, in my opinion. World class strikers usually player in top European leagues, Argentina or Brazil. Eii .. GS!!!
Clote plays in the Africa terrain so they think that he is poor. Coach appiah favors the foreign based to a local player because that they are super, his thought. With his childish attitude he calls a lot of local players just for a show and never ever use thinking that we are children by putting dust into our eyes, damn!! If he fails he will put a wedge between the local coaches and the foreign one…..and if he also thinks that his presence position is permanent he must think twice!!