Ghana coach to consider local players for Nations Cup
Posted On Tuesday, 16th October 2012
Kwesi Appiah insists he will call up local players for the 2013 Cup of Nations
By Patrick Akoto
Ghana boss Kwesi Appiah has assured local players their efforts will not go unnoticed as he prepares to name his final squad for the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
The Black Stars qualified to their 19th appearance at the continental showpiece after recording a resounding 3-0 aggregate win over Malawi.
With the Ghana Premier League back in full swing, there are many local players who are anxious to work their sucks off to catch the eyes of the Black Stars trainer.
The West African heavyweights are predominantly made up of foreign-based players and most unlikely a chunk of locals will get the chance to represent the country at the international level.
But the former Ghana captain insists the outstanding performances of locals will not go unnoticed.
“When the league was off I was more or less doing nothing here. Now that the league has started, I will travel around to see the players.” Appiah said
“I still believe that there are good ones who are playing locally and can fit into the national team.”
Goalkeeping duo Fatawu Dauda and Ernest Sowah as well as Berekum Chelsea’s Solomon Asante and Daniel Nii Adjei had a stint with the team in the qualifying campaign.
The Black Stars will avoid giants like Cote D’voire, Zambia and host South Africa after they were seeded for the tournament.
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So Zambia is nw a giants? You must be kidding me.
Its a shake down, hahahahaha
Loool over-rated
Idiots at the GSN stop calling Ivory Coast, African Giants, HONESTLY, they are not. They do not heap praises on the B/S so why should you be doing that
All the qualified countries are going to South Africa with their professionals. CIV, Nigeria, Mali, Algeria and Morocco are all loaded with superb squad.
Appiah should apply caution in calling the local stars. He can use locals first at CHAN before senior Black Stars.
Appiah…. forget abt local stars now.. do u think we re going to play oware u there?? a beg shun wat u dey talk abt local players…with dis silly soccer they play here.. honestly they re not matured .. cos of that i dont watch GLO league.. be wise man… good players out there like KPB and others..
zambia giants of african,hahaha very funny.i dont hav anytin against zambia becuz i rrespect every nation but zambia is no giant of african football.
then i will also say greece is also a soccer fgiant in europe just becuz they won the 2004 edition of the european championship in portugal.
zambia had luck against ghana n they kno it becuz even their coach renard hevre admitted it.
WAT R U TALKING ABOUT? ZAMBIA BEAT GH TWICE AND THIS IS ALL U CAN SAY? WE SIMPLY LACKED GOOD COACHING FROM PLAVI AND APPIAH. DESAILLY PREDICTED THAT ZAMBIA WOULD WIN THE CUP BASED SOLELY ON THEIR STYLE OF PLAY. APPIAH SHOULD WATCH HOW BARCELONA PLAYS. LOOK AT HOW MANY TUCHES EACH PLAYER GETS ON THE BALL BEFORE THEY PASS. THAT IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS. THIS IS WHY ZAMBIA BEAT GH, 2WICE.