Awal Mohammed leaves club future to Maritzburg to sort out
By Ameenu Shardow
Ghana defender Awal Mohammed refuses to be drawn into the controversy surrounding his club career.
The 24-year-old is being sought after by several clubs following a sterling debut performance for Maritzburg United in the South African top flight.
Maritzburg have declared the ex Asante Kotoko player is not for sale but reports of Awal’s imminent departure will just not go away.
Mohammed who has also played in Ivory Coast for ASEC Mimosas has however left the decision on his club career with ‘The Team of Choice’ rather choosing to focus on Ghana’s campaign at the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations.
“I am aware there has been interest, but also aware of the issues surrounding it,” he told Kickoff.com.
“I want to leave everything with the club to sort out while I focus on getting into the Ghana side at least for now.
“At the end of the day I have a three-year contract with the club at the moment so it is all up to them.”
Mohammed is hoping to make his first competitive debut for the Black Stars at the Nations Cup currently ongoing in South Africa.
SQUADS
STARTING 11…
FATAU/ KWARASAY/ADJEI
2..AFFUL/AKAMINKO/PAINSTIL
3. WAKASSO /KISSI BOATENG
4/5..JONATHAN MENSHA/AWAL/ BOYE/VORSAH/AKAMINKO
6..ANNAN/RABIU/DEREK BOATENG
7..ATSU/ADOMAH/ASANTE
8..BADU/KASA/YIADOM/DEREK BOATENG
9/10..YIADOM/CLOTTEY/GYAN
11..KASA/WAKASSO
COACHING TACTICS!
GYAN DOES NOT DESERVE TO BE CAPTAIN. GIVE THE CAPTAINSHIP TO BADU R JONATHAN MENSAH. WE WANT CAPITAL LETTERED NAMES ON THE JERSEY!
AA, START JONATHAN N AWAL. LET BOYE, VORSAH N AKAMINKO ALL COME FROM THE BENCH. EVEN BOYE N AKAMINKO CAN BE BROUGHT IN TO PLAY THE 6 IN PLACE OF ANNAN SINCE DEREK IS USELESS AND WONT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
Mr Appiah, please do not use Kwadwo Asamoah as your left back. We need him to supply the passes to Gyan. Gyan was rendered useless in the match against Congo because there was nobody to give him the passes. Using Kwadwo as a left back will also put unnecessary pressure on our defenders. Kwadwo Asamoah is an offensive minded player, he wants to score. So whenever he goes out to look for the goals it exposes the defenders because they have too much space to cover. Mr Appiah, please motivate Atsu tremenduously if you really want him to get the best out of hm
USE KASA AS YOUR 11. MOVE ATSU TO THE 7…