Ex-England youth star Frimpong handed debut Ghana call-up, Muntari returns
Posted On Tuesday, 12th March 2013
England-based midfielder Emmanuel Frimpong has been handed his first call-up by Ghana for their 2014 World Cup qualifier against Sudan this month.
The Arsenal player, who is on loan at Fulham, is among four debutants named by Ghana coach Kwesi Appiah for the 24 March in Kumasi.
Left-back Baba Rahman of German Bundesliga club Greuther Furth, Sweden-based David Accam and Hearts of Oak attacker Mahatma Otoo are among the players called-up to the squad for the first time.
AC Milan star midfielder Sulley Muntari returns to the squad after missing the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations in January because of injury.
Also returning to the Black Stars are reigning Sweden league best player Abdul Majeed Waris, who recently signed for Russian giants Spartak Moscow and DR Congo-based defender Yaw Frimpong.
Fulham midfielder Frimpong comes into the Ghana national team for the first time after switching nationality last year to play for the country of his parents.
He comes as a massive boost for coach Appiah as midfielders Anthony Annan and Derek Boateng were left out of the team.
Left-back Baba Rahman, who is a big revelation in the German Bundesliga this season, comes into the squad for the first time in the attempt to Ghana’s problems in that position.
Accam a pacy and skilful player has earned his call up following impressive displays for Helsingborg with Otoo expected to replicate his form at local giants Hearts of Oak.
The rest of the squad includes players who featured at the recent Africa Cup of nations with star performer Mubarak Wakaso, Rabiu Mohammed, Albert Adomah and Solomon Asante still part of the team.
Other top players like Agyemang Badu of Udinese, Juventus star Kwadwo Asamoah Christian Atsu and Asamoah Gyan will remain part of the solid squad while central defenders Isaac Vorsah and John Boye are also maintained.
Goalkeepers: Adam Kwarasey (Stromsgodset, Norway), Fatau Dauda (AshantiGold), Daniel Agyei (Liberty Professionals).
Defenders: Harrison Afful (Esperance, Tunisia), Yaw Frimpong (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Richard Kissi Boateng (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Baba Abdul Rahman (Greuther Furth, Germany), John Boye (Rennes, France), Jonathan Mensah (Evian, France), Isaac Vorsah (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria), Awal Mohammed (Maritzburg United, South Africa).
Midfielders: Emmanuel Frimpong (Fulham, England), Rabiu Mohammed (Evian, France), Emmanuel Agyemang Badu (Udinese, Italy), Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus, Italy), Sulley Muntari (AC Milan, Italy), Christian Atsu (FC Porto, Portugal), Wakaso Mubarak (Espanyol, Spain), Solomon Asante (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Albert Adomah (Bristol City, England).
Strikers: Asamoah Gyan (Al Ain, UAE), Abdul Majeed Waris (Spartak Moscow, Russia), David Accam (Helsingborg, Sweden ), Mahatma Otoo (Hearts of Oak).
What do you think of Ghana’s squad to face Sudan? Are you satisfied with the players called up by Kwesi Appiah? Do you think any other players should have been invited or anyone dropped from the squad? Make your views known in the box below:
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The players are okay. What the coach can do with them is what matters. I hope Appiah has learnt his lessons well after the nations cup fiasco and is ready to amend things when it mattered most.
What is wrong with you?,POW.Any punk invited to black stars is okay with you.who are these punks?Baba Abdul Rahman and David Accam.
david accam was the winner of ink the chance one of the best young forward in the world check your facts
You took the words out of my mouth, that is exactly my thought. Would Akwesi Appiah know how to use these talents? he embarrassed Akaminko, and now he cut him off. Where is Acquah, Quincy and John Mensah?
AA is very,very stubborn!!!!
See all these high profile players who switched for Ghana: Quincy Abeyie, KPB, Kwarasey and now Frimpong! Imagine all of them playing together…and blending with others like Essien, Sulley, Andre, Jordan, Afriyie Acquah, Nana Akwasi Asare, Wakaso, Kwadwo Asamoah, Accam, Warris, etc ..etc.
All am trying to say is that we need our best materials at all times….and equal replacements if they are not available.
The squad is ok…but NOT THE BEST! I hope we get the full squad soon. To me, some players get invited just to fill the pockets…but they are mediocre! Players like Afful, Kissi Boateng, and even Solomon Asante are all redundant (though I will keep Solomon for his trickery).
I say so because the left back position will have Baba (who should actually be the person for that position)…Kissi…and even Wakaso…cos now the midfield is choked! but Akwasi Appiah prefers to play a right back like Afful for that position which I don’t understand. Kissi Boateng is not a black star material…period….he is a CHAN material! Awal will replace Vorsah for me on any day because the latter is now slow and sluggish and off-form!
Also, Accam isn’t even a striker o…he’s a midfielder, but I hope just like we started calling Yahya Mohammed a striker when he started scoring goals, we won’t call Accam the same! He’s an offensive midfielder…and when you watch him play for Helsinborg, the style suits him! But does Akwasi Appiah have any style in mind that suits Accam, Adomah, Frimpong…even Kwadwo Asamoah?
So although I want COACH AA to leave, I will support him for this match…but he has to be booted out and the position either handed to MAX or SELLAS after the qualifiers….coach AA is fit for the local BS!
On a whole….the players invited DO NOT amount to anything if the coach has no tactics, lacks reading of a game, makes poor subs, cannot vary his style…and cannot manage players!
Regardless of anything….GFA must change their approach in managing players…make players feel loved and accepted and be treated as sons! Additionally, doing things the right way will attract players to play and switch…and all will be proud to wear the national jersey instead of thinking the each does the other a favor!
Long and short —-we must qualify for the world cup…and both mediocre and incompetent people…be it a coach or players must be dropped!
Its not just about inviting players…its about how you use and play them well…in their rightful places….after MOTIVATING and managing them well!
By the way, I forgot to add…that Akwasi Appiah is the only coach in Ghana history who has been given a team for over 12 months…and still has no STANDING, CRACK first 11! He’s always changing the face of the team…bringing in new ones and playing them wrongly or benching them!
Every time, changing players and calling new ones…when can you build a team? Give him 4 years and he will still build a team of mediocre players….instead of consolidating with top class ones!
But, at least, I give him the credit because he realized that Derek Boateng isn’t good enough…sorry for Annan though! He’s one of our best…and hope he’s called up soon!
I just hope that in the next qualifiers….we won’t see players like Salifu Amidu, Razak Braimah, etc being called…. The top notch players are there…just do things right and call them…they will come! Settle all differences…and manage players well; useless coach and GFA! Cos most of these players who have been called will be dropped soon…just like he did to Afriyie Acquah who is one of our best out there…mark it! They are just being used since there are no other ones to fall on after forcing the ‘temporary’ retirement of the best we have!
But at least, Quincy did not say he has retired, abi? We are all watching you GFA!
The likely starting line up in my opinion:
Goalie: Dauda
RB: Afful CH: Boye CH; Vorsah LB: Kissi Boateng
DM: Agyemang-Badu DM: Kwadwo Asomoah
RW: Adomah CM: Wakasso LW: Muntari
FW: Asamoah Gyan
Let me know what you think….
ao…anokwale: u still want us to play gyan on top again? Oh, b3 u paa! wahy3 da anaa? 1 top..Gyan? We have to desist from that one top o…its not helping us…period! And kissi boateng cannot man that 3 position when Baba is there…twiaa! Kissi shouldnt even be in the team! He is redundant! I can name the squad …but what appiah ‘mumu” akwasi does with those he’s called is what matters!
U can give Appiah messi and c.ronaldo and he wouldn’t know what to do with them, trust me!
COACH AD#N NTI NA WANFR3 YAYAH MOHAMMED 3TA PUIE MEKOR
I LIKE THE DEBUTANTS ESPECIALLY WARIS AND ACAM
MAHATMA OTOO WILL HIT VERY WELL
What of Afriyie Acquah and nana akwesi Asare…….hmmmm why Awal again instead of Rashid. Well,all fingures crossed.
Ugly Nynatkyie and hopeless Appiah will fail us again.MARK MY WORDS.
this is the best we have at this moment,ayews have no position in the squad.even if we call them,wakaso,kwadwo asamoah and sulley are ahead or better than them.we dont espect kwadwo and sulley to sit at the bench for the ayews,so why is abedi and his family disapointed.after all black stars is not marseile where abedi might have influence on the coach,b cause he was his playmate.God bless AA and the ghana FA.
Where is Yiadom and Panstil? No Akaminko too? The midfield is very strong but the defense……No John Mensah? WOW!!
Anyway good luck.
coach, what club does pantsil play for?? and how many games have u seen Mensah play in for a club side since his absence from the squad?? you know nothing and u are one of those ppl who think they are coaches but know nothing.
We have the players no doubt about that but the question is do we have the right technical brains to bring out the best in them?Am not too sure about that AK should prove me wrong.But was expecting to see David Addy Vitória Guimarães.The list simce to contain players from certain tribe.
I think we would have seen David Addy but I saw a report of a hamstring pull. Might have been too risky.
excellent move A Appiah,we believe u!
If you truly believes in AA, then you better start praying for him. This game will be last game if he slips. Ghanaians are sick and tired of many experiments. Most of our 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 squads are available and still playing, but AA has not been able to build a team till today. WHY?
When 1000 go, 1000 go come. The pessimist and haters will be put to shame surely!
Ghanaian sat down and left all decision making to the coach and they disappointed the whole nation.
This time around no way. the coach should tell us why he has left YAHAYA MOHAMMED out of this squad.
Baba Rahman shld be made 2 play dat left back role till he matures nd I bet u we shan’t be complaining again
A very even squad with fair representation in each department. We wish them all the best!
Akwasi Appiah should have at least play one friendly to test this squad before taking on Sudan.
My fingers are crossed. Oh Ghana, playing at home and we are not so sure? Oh Akwasi Appiah has taken Ghana Soccer 15 years back. Hoping we win.
Where is Jerry akaminko? The selection wasn’t bad with exception of akaminko. He’s better than jonathan mensah on the central defense and better than afful on the right full back
I think Kwarasey must be in pole this time round. Kwesi appiah must shan his eyes else….
It is amazing how some people even don’t follow a wide range of players but yet manage to find irresponsible words to describe some of these talented boys.Well, congrats to Baba Abdul Rahman for making it.He will fit at the left full back position with ease.God bless Ghana and God bless the stars
With the exception of akaminko’s exclusion.if I may ask, what are awal and kissi boateng doing in the team?
@ RS: SAY IT AGAIN MY FRIEND! Read my post! But at least, awal is better than afful at right back! see what he did to drogba and is doing in the turksih league! kissi boateng is redundant…and not even fit for the black stars but keeps getting calls…kissi is not there yet. Aprt from Baba…Wakaso can also play the LB, cos the midfield is choked. And i hope AA plays Agyeman Badu in his natural role…not play him as an attacker at the AFCON! Play the players right…and see results….but the factor here is that most of them haven’t played together…so this is a “frefre kobo” team for a WC qualifier….! …in our own home grounds! Are we serious people at all?? Thanks to GFA and AA for their mismanagement of players and funds…ghana soccer has gone back 25 years since AA took over!
The players are there…and I hope the new ones blend in…but as of now, this team is “call call play”! frefre kobo~…yes, we are back to that same fre fre kobo times of yesteryears that took us NOWHERE!
Awal Mohammed should never be in the squad the coach should come again
Happy for Mahatma
Fantastic squad,Ghana is going to beat Sudan by huk or kuk
What the fuck are the likes of Awal Mohammed, Kissi Boateng, and Asante doing in the team? Also why pick a mediocre player like Yaw Frimpong ahead of tried and tested Opare who has recovered fully from injury and playing regularly for Standard Liege in the belgium Jupiler league?? This coach will never stop experimenting with new players.
He now drops active and inform Akaminko for Jonathan Mensah who has been struggling for form and injuries @ Evian. In this game I expect A.A. to be bold and courageous by dropping ineffective Gyan to the bench and pair Warris & M. Otoo upfront, lets see what these 2 players can do. They should be given enough opportunity to prove their worth just as it was done to Gyan, I expect to see Warris explode this time around.
thank u @ maxwell. its like akwasi appiah doesnt watch the foreign leagues, has no TV./.or simply..he tries to keep some players in the team that can give the technical men some kickbacks no matter what!
he drops akaminko because of a blunder..but he forgets that it was his tactics and blindness that failed the nation! appiah simply has no analytical acumen…for real!
Akwasi Appiah dont understand football, he keeps leaving out Quincy. I know he will be lucky because Frimpong will definitely save him and people will start talking about him being the right man.
Ghana looks like a team that might not appear in the 2014 world cup.They are still experimenting on every player whom they think has potential to play.
For this reason they failed to win the nations cup.Now once again they are trying out new players in a world cup qualifier.What happened to essien?
Established national team players such as andre,essien,boteng atsu should be the backbone of the new team.Wakaso is no star.You dont score 3 penalties and one goal in goalposts without a keeper and then be declared a star.Anyway we wish you the best.
Should Akwasi Appiah always call debutants????????
Akwasi Appiah is like a stone. He never change. Instead of building a team, you are still experimenting with new players WHO DONT EVEN MATCH UP TO EXISTING PLAYERS. whats the point? Who is this mahatma otoo guy? is he better than RBY or Affum? Hearts of oak is lucky to be avoiding relegation and yet you call mahatma otoo over tested strikers in better leagues, on what footballing basis???? A.A seems to reserve about 5 places in the blackstars for fringe african and local players. If that is the case let us know, then we can stop competing in CHAN tournaments because thre is a reason CHAN was instituted. In my opinion Blackstar callups should be about QUALITY ONLY! David Addy is not in the squad? but you call new boy Baba Rahman, which is good but I will not be surprised if A.A bench Rahman and start AFFUL AT LEFTBACK.
Am happy 4 Baba Rahman call up to the black stars am with u in prayers
my fello country sports men let support the coach so that we can qualify for the WC n stop the unfruitful comments.
Which tournament are we going with these plenty players? All these players for one single match
I’m a lady n is hard time ghanaians reali has to reason up.im not against player call up but we shd ask ourselves hv any ghanaian ftballer who started de grassroot ftball her in ghana to de gh premiership can blof on gh.she how ghanaian based players who started their ftball at a young age in europe or ghananaian borns in europe use de bs as a stepping stone to get to de top in european leagues n then afyer blofs as.wid frimpong he’s not even a starter in arsenal but loan out.even then his performance is not up to standard as at now . he’ll be better of her in bs n lately gonna take he has got de world to his finger tips.such goes to adomah who’s club is in de relegation zone in de championships . He’s now cool so gentle n respectful but lets wait tru de bs get a big deal n see wat happens.#word
akwasi appiah is juz a gfa puppet believe me.he has no tactics n dont even knw anytin,i hate to say dis words to my fellow black man bt i hav been pushed to da wall
Akwasi appiah must be sack he is just a blunt knife, essien has made him self available now and u refuse to call him,no wonder that ignorant abedi pele says he is highly disapointed in u, francis atta gyasi, johannesburg
real sabacious, i agree with u perfectly,Akaminko shd be thr player to play @ de right back position. Aaaaba! AkwasiAppiah, did u learn anything as a coach at all?
What is wrong with some of you guys ?
Afriey Acquah is warming the bench at german side TSG Hoffenheim ! Same counts for Quincy-Owusu.
Abdul Rahman Baba is one of the biggest leftback talents in Bundesliga. Schalke wants to buy him !
Mark my words ! He will impress.
these called up players would excel in a line up that is tactically adapted to their style of play
the team should a 4-4-2 with afful rb, baba rahman cb,yaw frimpong cb,boateng lb
adomah lm, emmanuel frimpong cdm,kwadwo cm, wakaso rm
waris st and asante converted to st
Wow really they left Annan and called Asante the concert player.
The World Cup u20 squad must be re-organise n see what will happen Daniel adjei,Samuel Inkoom,David addy,Daniel Addo,Jonathan Mensah,Agyemang Badu,Abeiku quansah,rabiu Mohammed,ransford osei,Dominic Adiyiah,Andrew Dede ayew.awako,Opoku Agyemang,than you include Jordan ayew,sule,and etc and after we have a strong players.why ghana pls we begg you wai look for this squad ????????????????????
Give Godfred Saka a chance at the right back position.
WHY IS ASAMOAH GYAN STILL IN THE BLACK STARS?
There seems to be something wrong in the team as they always fumble on the pitch but excel upon playing for their various clubs.
Where is boakye Yiadom Richmond
He is injured. It would have been nice to have him but not worth the risk to have a striker who might pull his hamstring in the middle of an attack.